P.M.S

I ran the Denver Rock and Roll Marathon in October. I was sore for three days and had a runners "high" for a about a week. 

Now............ I feel lost

I hit "the wall" about mile 18 and I didn't run nearly as well as I thought I would.  I feel slightly embarrassed about my time, I really thought I would have finished in the four hour mark.  I know that I should feel great about finishing A MARATHON, but honestly I feel like I didn't do as well as I could.

Why the fog? Why the lack of drive? Why the lack of interest?


It is simple....P.M.S other wise known as Post Marathon Syndrome. 



It is time to "re-focus" my running lens.  Time to take a second look at what I want to do and where I want to go.  I am training for the half in December, but I just don't have the drive I had when I trained for the marathon.  Maybe it is knowing that I CAN run that far.  For me setting the goal to run the marathon was knowing that 26 miles was something I hadn't done and I wanted to know IF I could do it.  Now that I know that I can do it, I feel like there is no challenge.

Finding the "why" in running has been a little hard for me.  I will say that recently I have started to help a fellow runner learn how to run.  Teaching her what I know and what I have learned has helped me re-focus my passion.  I never lost the love of running, but I have lost the drive.  Helping Chris and seeing her reach her potential is rewarding.  I am starting to see her grow as a runner and I see that she really wants to learn.  So I really want to help her. 

Chris, we all start somewhere and we all learn sometime, I am happy that I can see you grow.  At the same token thank you for unknowingly that you are helping me out of my P.M.S.

How about you, have you ever experienced P.M.S?

How did you get out of your funk?