It is only the end of the second week of January and 2016 hasn't started so well, depending on how much anyone cares about the entertainment industry, moreover.
This week alone we've had to bid farewell to David Bowie - I never was a fan but had to admire the guy's boldness in his artistic expression; Alan Rickman - oh...that voice, I'm so sad; and René Angélil.
Heavy metal fans said goodbye to Lemmy, and the Canadian dollar is sinking as the days go on. I still have to purchase my GoRuck GR0! Is layaway an option?
Looking back at 2015, my race season objective wasn't going around collecting bling from all the 5Ks (been there, done that, my credit card hated me), but instead - I started getting a little pickier, selecting ones that presented a different challenge, such as carrying bricks in a rucksack, or multiple loops of a course. Sounds crazy but I was able to get through most, even if (race day!) I previously thought it would have been difficult. "15 pounds in a rucksack over 6 miles of mud and obstacles? Who does that?" (Also, said rucksack with a lot of compartments was a pain to clean afterwards..)
There were a few hiccups of course, from me falling off the Sternum Checker at Battlefrog and subsequently chickening out of the one at Shale Hill the following week, to signing up for the Ultra Beast but through some reality checks (thank you, Jen and Sara), changing my mind.
Once the last OCR event in my calendar was done, I remember heaving an immense sigh of relief. I didn't want to go out on any more training runs, nor go to the gym and work on my program, and pretty much looked forward to race day so the event would eventually be over. In other words, I was basically burnt out, and wanted nothing more than to sleep and eat popcorn all day.
Do I regret what I'd signed up for? No.
Would I do them all over again? Maybe not the Down and Dirty Brick Division, I drove 5 1/2 hours for that.
About a month after, I finally felt ok to lace up the shoes to go for a run again.
Go bigger and better - sure thing, but also remember to take the time to recover adequately.
