{"id":6194,"date":"2020-08-18T12:13:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T17:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=6194"},"modified":"2020-08-18T12:13:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T17:13:18","slug":"its-a-womans-prerogative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=6194","title":{"rendered":"It’s a Woman’s Prerogative…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bear in mind I really didn’t want to make this decision but sometimes it’s just smart to sit back and be realistic.\u00a0 That’s what I did last week and was fortunate enough to find a terrific solution to a difficult decision!<\/p>\n

The Booneville Backroads Ultra (100k) was to be my last IRL race for 2020.\u00a0 It wasn’t supposed to be but since the New York City Marathon canceled, surprise! It’s my last race of this calendar year.<\/p>\n

Hasn’t 2020 been a crazy year?\u00a0 Never a dull moment!!!<\/p>\n

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So, let’s just cut to the chase and discuss what’s up…<\/p>\n

Super simple explanation, my training has been difficult, aka: it hasn’t been going well at all.\u00a0 This is not my coach’s fault at all.\u00a0 The problem has been me and I’m really not sure exactly what’s up?\u00a0 I do know that going to run that 100k would be a complete train wreck.<\/p>\n

What do I mean by difficult?\u00a0 My RHR has jumped from my usual 40 to 56.\u00a0 That’s a huge jump!\u00a0 My COROS is tracking my sleep at double the time spent in light sleep as opposed to deep sleep.\u00a0 I’m a walking\/running zombie.\u00a0 This runner is constantly exhausted, grouchy and overall not feeling spiffy. My running is suffering as well.\u00a0 What is normally an easy 22 miler, my body shuts down at mile 15 and flat out refuses to run a step further.<\/p>\n

It’s all very odd and I’m completely baffled.<\/p>\n

Soooo…<\/p>\n

My coach and I had a little heart to heart last week.\u00a0 Quite frankly I was frantic and a *tad* whiny.\u00a0 Bless his heart for not smacking me through the phone and saying, Knock it off, Howard!!!\u00a0 He’s a good guy, my coach.<\/p>\n

He asked a question that turned my day around!\u00a0 Do they offer any shorter distances or is it just 100k\/100M?<\/p>\n

It was like a light went off in my head!!!<\/p>\n

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Just a few days earlier, the race had announced on their FB page that a couple of 50k slots had opened up!\u00a0 Now, I was excited!!!\u00a0 I fired off a note to the RD while still on the phone to my coach (who was listening to me get frustrated with the website, because I am *that* #TechChallenged person) and about 20 minutes later, I had a reply from the RD (Race Director) that they had very kindly transferred my entry to the 50k!\u00a0 YAY!!!<\/p>\n

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Soooo, I still get to run the Booneville Backroads Ultra but I’m running the 50k instead of the 100k and I’m a VERY happy runner!!!<\/p>\n

This week will be my last B2B long runs before race day.\u00a0 Next week is taper time!\u00a0 Labor Day weekend MFH and I will be off to earn my last piece of bling to send off to Aiden for 2020!!!<\/p>\n

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It’s going to be a challenging course for sure.\u00a0 A “few” rolling hills to keep Aiden and I from getting bored during this run.<\/p>\n

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I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders and now I’m excited to go smash these miles because…..<\/p>\n

#IRun4Aiden<\/p>\n

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Bear in mind I really didn’t want to make this decision but sometimes it’s just smart to sit back and be realistic.\u00a0 That’s what I did last week and was fortunate enough to find a terrific solution to a difficult decision! The Booneville Backroads Ultra (100k) was to be my last IRL race for 2020.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,22,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6194"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6202,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6194\/revisions\/6202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}