Snow, lots of it, at least it felt like it. Intended to go 30k, didn't happen. We had a fair amount of snow over night. Weather people said less than 2 cm would come down, looks like we got about 7 cm. It was quite a slog in places.
I really struggled mentally today. I wanted to do the 30, I worked through it several times, had myself convinced to turn and start the second loop. For the last 3 miles of the run I was back and forth in my mind. 'this is how it is, good and bad, have to work through the bad, yes the sidewalks are horrible, the roads even worse, nothing plowed, lots of slipping very small steps.' Then go to where I would turn around , take some water and a GU and do the full 30.
Turned around and low and behold my water place was closed and there was no water when I wanted there to be water. I shut it down immediately. I am now surprised that I couldn't just slog on and find another water place. At least I learned something about that. There wasn't pain there wasn't anger, there was resignation of the conditions.
It is important to take many things from this to make sure that I continue to move forward with training. I read a great deal last night of various training plans and I think that also affected me as many suggested a week of steady distance without the long run. Hmm, mental, mental, mental.
I'll try 15k all week and see what that does. I did 105k over the last 7 days and that would 105k also, then go for 35k next Sunday.
Lessons learned? Many. Try to take them with me on the next long run. I did not show patience today, at all.
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