It's hard to be a teacher and a coach and to have dreams of running a decent race at Boston. I was at school most night after 6:00pm, standing in the cold for a few hours, and returning home tired before my own workout. I loved the kids and was always torn: do I sacrifice my workouts for them or do I sacrifice them for my workouts?
Eventually it became clear that perhaps for my own safety it would be best not to coach during the spring. My mileage ramped up this month and it would have been unsafe to be doing workouts up until 9:00 pm on the roads of DC, not to mention I just wouldn't function nor be able to motivate myself to run that late. I made the decision not to coach and in the last few weeks have been thankful on each of my runs that I gave myself some "me" time for once.
I nailed my training the last two weeks: 61 and 66 mile weeks respectively, with serious interval and tempo runs thrown in. I had to bribe myself to finish workouts on some days, starting them with completely exhausted legs. Often I had serious doubt that the workout was possible, but each one was. After two days of easy running my legs were always ready for the long run, and as a result, I'm feeling stronger and more confident for Boston.
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