Day 4,019 —No more Mental Fog!—

 

         I didn’t think that running 15 yesterday would take anything out of me, but it did some. I am just happy to be back mentally and not be fighting through the fog that has plagued me these past few days. I think Saturday was the first day I would have considered myself recovered from the 200. It is also the day I had the focus to finish the race video and the write-up about the race, which I don’t think is a coincidence that I was able to focus that day. It is always tough being at the end of the year. As much as I cannot wait for summer to get to sleep in and spend more time with my daughter, it is also difficult to go through another transition and think about the prospect of another school year, but at the same time, I get to start a new job next year! And, so far, I am having one of my best running years ever! Already, have two 100-mile races done and one, 200! If I get two more this year, that will be the most 100-mile races I have completed in one year. 

I am still deciding if I want to do Shawnee Hill this year. Part of me does just because it feels familiar at this point. Although I should focus on completing as many races as possible, it is nice to have a few that you keep coming back to. I cannot wait for another go! St. Louis Marathon, even though it isn’t called that anymore. I haven’t missed the race since 2009, when I did my first half. I did the full marathon the next year, the half the year after that, but have done the full marathon every year since 2012.