Suck it up buttercup

A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I HAD THIS GREAT IDEA OF TRYING OUT THE 5K ON THE TRACK. SO LIKE EVERYONE ELSE I THOUGHT WHAT BETTER PLACE THAN MT SAC. I HAVE HEARD SO MANY GREAT THINGS ABOUT MT SAC, GREAT RACES, COMPETITION AND PERFECT WEATHER. I WENT OUT WITH A PLAN TO HAVE AN EPIC RACE. WELL I HAD AN EPIC RACE ALRIGHT, ONE I WILL NEVER FORGET, ONE THAT IS ETCHED IN MY MIND WITH A BIG FAT DNF BEHIND MY NAME. YEAH I SAID IT DNF! AND NO I AM NOT INJURED. I WILLINGLY JUST PULLED OFF THE TRACK :(
SO HERE IS HOW IT PLAYED OUT. THE GUN GOES OFF WE GET ABOUT 200 IN AND I CAN ALREADY TELL MY LEGS AREN'T THERE. I KEPT TELLING MYSELF IT,S EARLY IT WILL GO AWAY. NO SUCH LUCK. ANYWAY THE RACE WENT OUT ABOUT AS FAST AS I HAD EXPECTED AND I FOLLOWED MY GAME PLAN. WITH 30 WOMEN IN THE RACE AND ME NEVER HAVING RUN IN A TRACK MEET BEFORE I PLANNED ON GOING TO THE BACK OF THE PACK AND BRINGING UP THE REAR. I KNEW CHANCES WERE I WOULD GET LAST IN A HEAT THAT LOADED, I WAS OK WITH THAT. BUT LIKE I SAID IT HURT AT 200,400,1600,3200 ALL THE WAY. MY FIRST MILE WAS GOOD, MY SECOND MILE WAS CRAP AND LAP NINE WAS BASICALLY THE SAME PACE AS I RUN MY TEMPO WORKOUTS AT, AT ALTITUDE. ANYWAY I KNEW I SHOULD HAVE DROPPED AT LAP 5 BUT I HAVE NEVER AND NEVER WANTED TO DNF. FOR THE NEXT FOUR LAPS I FOUGHT WITH MYSELF AND THAN .......... I DROPPED! WALKED TO THE SIDE OF THE TRACK CRIED! WALKED TO MY BAG AND TRIED TO PUT ON A "HAPPY" FACE.
I WOKE UP SAT AND HAD TO MAKE MYSELF GET OUT OF BED TO RUN. FUNNY THING ABOUT A DNF. IT MAKES YOU LOSE ALL YOUR MOTIVATION. I HAVE BEEN TOLD A THOUSAND TIMES NOW, IT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE, ITS JUST ONE RACE, IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND SO ON. ITS SUCH A HARD PILL TO SWALLOW. I KNOW IT WAS JUST A HORRIFIC DAY THAT COULDN'T HAVE COME AT A WORSE TIME AND YES THE SUN CAME UP THE NEXT DAY. HOWEVER TO ME ITS A LOT MORE. I AM NOT A QUITTER! A DNF IS THE WORST THING TO ME. I JUST KEEP SEEING
WENDY THOMAS-DNF
AND THERE IS NOTHING I CAN POINT TO TO HELP ME FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG. RACING IN SPIKES FOR THE FIRST TIME FELT FINE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT RUNNING IN CIRCLES DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER ME! THE WEATHER WAS GREAT! FIELD WAS PERFECT AND I WAS JUST OFF.
I HAVE GIVEN MYSELF FIVE DAYS TO SULK, ITS TIME TO PULL MY HEAD OUT AND MOVE ON. DOUG WROTE UP MY NEW PLAN AND ITS EXCITING! THERE ARE A LOT OF WORKOUTS I HAVE NEVER DONE, A LOT MORE FOCUS ON PURE SPEED MIXED IN WITH SOME GREAT ENDURANCE WORK. AND LUCKILY MT SAC DID TEACH ME SOMETHING. I HAVE THIS CRAZY BAD FORM BUT WE REALIZED WHEN I RUN IN SPIKES FOR WORKOUTS IT MAKES ME GO TO MY TOES! PICK UP MY KNEES AND BASICALLY RUN LIKE I AM SUPPOSE TO. WHICH MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT BUT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO FIX ME FOR A WHILE. I EVEN DID MY 800'S IN THEM TONIGHT AND MY FORM WAS GREAT? UNFORTUNATELY MY CALVES, GLUTES AND HAMSTRINGS ARE NO LONGER SPEAKING NICELY TO ME.
SO FOR NOW I WILL DO A COUPLE RACES IN NORTHERN COLORADO AND REALLY FOCUS ON BOLDER BOULDER BEING THE NEXT BIG RACE. AND ONE THING IS FOR SURE I WILL NEVER VOLUNTARILY PULL MYSELF OUT OF A RACE AGAIN.

AND A HUGE CONGRATS TO ALL THE LADIES AND GUYS WHO HAD A AMAZING WEEKEND OF RACING! VERY INSPIRING!!!!
ON A G