I stumbled upon this advice of not announcing your goals several months ago and found it very interesting. I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. And I have to say… I’m starting to believe that it is completely true!
Do you announce your goals? What do you think? It’s a tricky spot to be in right?
I find it interesting that in the video, the speaker specifically refers to marathon running. I like his suggestion about what to say. Might I also suggest, “my goal is to cross the finish line with a smile,” or “I’m gonna give it my all and see what happens,” or “I want to make it to race day with my body still in tact.” Be prepared to hear one of those if you ask me my goals for CIM. Wink.
When I discovered that I should have been doing a hills workout on Monday (and didn’t), I did the hills workout on Tuesday- 2 easy warm up, 8×1:00 hill climb with 1:30 recovery, 2 easy cool down. Fortunately (or should I say unfortunately?) there’s a monstrous hill right around the corner from the beach house we were renting. Hills always kick my butt. Always. Hence the painfully slow recovery intervals when I was bent over catching my breath:
Wednesday was an easy 4 again.
Thursday was an 8 mile tempo- 2 easy, 4 @8:15-8:05, 2 easy cool down. I wasn’t sure how the workout would feel, but when it was all said and done I felt really proud of myself. I felt completely in control of the pace (I planned a slight progression in the middle 4 miles.) Plus there were some college girls running along the boardwalk too and I had to show them that I may be old (and yes, when I was their age I was married with a baby) but I can run faster than you, girlfriend.
Friday was an easy 4 again:
Friday night Connor had his first football game of the season so he and I flew home early Friday afternoon and went to his game (B and the other three kids drove home the next morning.) It was so much fun spending a day and half with him alone. He just turned 13 and he’s at this funny spot between a boy and a teenager.
Saturday morning while Connor slept in, I ran my long run: 12 miles. Had 3 or 4 graham crackers before (our house had no food!) Ran with my handheld again filled with ice and Gatorade and that’s all I needed. Was so happy to have completed it successfully. And it was a treat to come home to a quiet house with just one sleeping boy.
I wanted to chat a bit about Instagram. Instagram is fun and can be used for so much good. With that being said, I believe that social media is a skill, and it’s not a skill that I would say comes naturally to me. It can overwhelm me at times. In the beginning of creating 
