Over-weight, Under-run

[El Gordo]

It's a problem that all of us face - at least those of us who aren't totally obsessive, competitive types who belong to clubs called the Something Harriers. Post-race blues, or the post-race slide as Sweder calls it here.

There's only one good way of dealing with it that I've discovered, and that's to have further goals planned BEFORE the race. I mean the planning is before the race, not the goals themselves.

This year for instance, after the Hamburg marathon in April, I've entered a 10K race in Oxford 3 weeks later, and I hope to do the Hogweed 10K again the following week (though it's a Monday evening, so will have to judge nearer the time). I'll still probably have my week of debauchery and rest after the marathon, but the week after that I'll have to start thinking about doing 2 or 3 runs just to claw back a little of the lost fitness.

Note these are 10Ks - a good distance to aim for post-marathon I think. Worth preparing for, but no need to get too hung up about, especially coming off the back of a marathon schedule. A 10 mile race or a half marathon I think would be too much to do within a few weeks of a marathon.

Then later in the year is a pencilled-in plan for another marathon, possibly Dublin or somewhere in Poland. I may be kidding myself here, but just the thought of it is enough to keep my motivation simmering. If I do Dublin for instance, I'd have to start the 16 week training about 6 weeks after the Hogweed 10K, so this gives me time to plan a break and then slowly psyche my way back into a running routine.

So that's the answer -
fill the space
wiv anuvver race.