Indianapolis Running https://lindseyhein.com Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:26:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Monumental Marathon- Let’s do this! https://lindseyhein.com/2013/10/28/indianapolis-monumental-marathon/ https://lindseyhein.com/2013/10/28/indianapolis-monumental-marathon/#comments Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:26:00 +0000 http://outforaruntraining.com/2013/10/28/monumental-marathon-lets-do-this/ more »]]> I’m going to run the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon…at least thats the plan right now :). If you read my thoughts a couple of weeks ago in the days following the Chicago Marathon, I had initially ruled out running the IMM…it was going to be too soon and I was fired up to chase that 2:45 again.

After some reflecting and talking with Lindsey, I decided I don’t really want to recovery, train, taper, travel and race again at one of the many December marathons I was considering to go after 2:44:59 again. I’m just not into that…and really its the traveling that I don’t want to do.

Over the course of the last eight weeks, we have not been home as a family a single weekend and I’m over it. We had a baptism, vacation, a wedding, surgery recovery in Btown, family in town, surgery recovery in Crown Point, Chicago, and then last weekend the Columbus Marathon expo. I’m ready for some nice “down” time at home with Lindsey and Marshall and the idea of traveling to AL or DE for a race in couple of weeks after Thanksgiving was wearing me out. So with all that being said that brings me back to the IMM and I’m going to run it.

I go into this marathon with eyes wide open…I am 100% positive this is not optimal for racing but that does not really concern me. I WANT to run it with Collin and see what happens. Collin is hoping to break 2:50 so I’m going to pace it out with him and if I blow up or feel like crap…oh well. I’ll just run it in nice and easy.

You could debate this topic all day long about whether or not to run the race so soon after Chicago and really feedback has been somewhat spilt. I have sought out the opinions of many very smart runners, coaches, twitter, blog people etc and everyone seems to have an opinion. I welcome all of it and am open to pretty much all of it. I am sure that I have worn Lindsey out with all the chatter but following the bad taste Chicago left in my mouth it was all consuming.

I have made peace with what happened in Chicago. I made some mistakes early, it was a bad day in general, and probably a bad time to race logistically for me. Oh well. Lesson learned.

I am looking forward to Saturday. I get to sleep in my own bed Friday night and then wake up and run the roads I know so well on Saturday. I’m going to work my ass off as best I can and let the clock stop when it stops.

You know what else I am looking forward to? Making the all important decision about what Thanksgiving Day race to do. That will be top priority after Saturday. It is between the Drumstick Dash, a huge local race here that supports Wheeler Mission and everyone loves it.  Or one back home. The Drumstick is 4.5 miles and the one at home is a 10K. It will probably come down to when do we want to travel…Wednesday night or Thursday after the DD.

Good luck to everyone racing this weekend especially Katy, Jake, Amy, Sean, Collin, Dan, Gabe and all of the Back on My Feet runners out there. There are a lot of big goals being chased Saturday! Go crush some dreams.

Get fresh this week! Race well and kick ass! I’m sure I missed some people. 

Here’s a throwback picture of Lindsey & I running IMM in 2009: We ran this untrained on a whim and squeezed in just under 4 hours. 


Questions: 
Racing IMM Saturday?
 Lindsey will be on the course let her know and she’ll yell at you to run faster!

]]> https://lindseyhein.com/2013/10/28/indianapolis-monumental-marathon/feed/ 11 Pre Half Marathon Thoughts https://lindseyhein.com/2013/08/21/pre-half-marathon-thoughts/ https://lindseyhein.com/2013/08/21/pre-half-marathon-thoughts/#comments Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:36:00 +0000 http://outforaruntraining.com/2013/08/21/pre-half-marathon-thoughts/ more »]]> I’m nervous about the half marathon. I wish I wasn’t, but the darn race is lingering in my mind day in and day out. I think it’s mostly because this is the first time since I’ve really learned how to race that I’m giving myself a fair shot at the half. So I’m not sure if this is a pep talk to myself or what, but these are my thoughts out loud.

I know how to work hard and am willing to push myself. I know this. I’ve done it a million times. But, for some reason, leading up to a race, I doubt my abilities.

Sometimes I think I’m willing to work harder in workouts than I am in races. I always consciously tell myself in races to remember how hard I worked in training and it wasn’t for the training day it was for THIS DAY. The splits I’ve put in indicate that I should be hit my goal. My mind and body need to agree on race day. When it hurts, I have to decide to push.

When I did a ladder workout last week. I proved to myself that I could really get done what I want to do. I hit my mile repeats faster than I’ve ever ran them and “cooled down” from the ladder in a weird kind of tempo way at a fast pace that felt very manageable. But right now, the thought of running that fast for 13 miles has me questioning what it will feel like.

I know I’ve written posts like this before, but while it’s on my mind, I’m going to talk about it.

So here’s what I need to do during the race. Mentally:

Miles 1-5: Control. Control your mind, control your thoughts. Don’t obsess over how far you are going to run. Control your body. Be comfortable during this time. DO NOT run any mile faster than 6:45 even if it feels good. This is not a good idea. Don’t do it Lindsey, don’t. And enjoy this part of the race. Soak it up and remember why you love running so much.

Miles 5-9: Settle into the pace set during first 5 miles and don’t move. Don’t slow down, don’t speed up. Chill. Think about Mumford and Sons Concert on Monday. Think about eating ALL THE FOOD. Think about the finish line and how happy you’ll be when you don’t wuss out.

Mile 9-13: Get to mile 10 and race her in as best as you can. No holding back now. Do what you can do. No matter how fast or slow you run now, it’s going to hurt so you might as well push harder.

Remember. It’s only an hour and a half of my life. Just WORK.

Here are the things I plan on repeating to myself:

  • I am strong. 
  • I’ve worked hard for this. 
  • I want this. 
  • I’m stronger than I think I am
  • I can. 
  • My movements are smooth. 
  • My body is light. 
  • I feel good. 
  • Loosen up. 
  • Run this mile.
  • Mumford and Sons Concert
  • Life is good
  • Run happy
  • I am confident
  • I am Grateful
  • Repeat
I’m tapering now. My legs are tired from the 16 I ran on Sunday. I’m not chalking that run up as a complete fail by any means but it tired my body and I’m using the week to recover mentally and physically from it. My speedwork this week will be the CRRG 5K tomorrow. Not sure I’ll be able to race it to my full potential but should be a PR no matter what since I haven’t raced a 5K in so many years. 

Have you ever found yourself mentally tougher in workouts than races? 

 What do you do to make sure your hardest work is put out in the race and not the workout?
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