Have You Seen My Mojo?

It’s no secret that I am battling a lack of running mojo lately. I smile, I show up, I do the run, I do the strength training, but I’m just not feeling confident.

It’s also no secret that some of this lack of confidence probably stems from dealing with my father’s death in June, something with which I really haven’t come to terms. (Read my post about it here.)

I suspect that I went through a slump like this at the same time last year, but I haven’t read those posts yet because I choose to wallow for a bit.

Now, there are some very positive things that have happened to me just recently. First, I came up with a plan for my dreaded tempo run. I have decided that I am going to run Sand Run Parkway the difficult way (downhill first half, uphill on the way home), and I’m going to better my time each time I run it. Also, I’m going to focus on an even pace rather than racing the downhill part and suffering the uphill part. I did this on Thursday, and while my overall time may have been slower, my splits were even, and I felt great.

The second positive thing that happened is that I will no longer have to deal with two very toxic people who really took up too much of my psychic energy for the past few years. Those people are gone, and I wish them well. I will be going back to work this year with a sense of hope that I had been lacking for quite a while.

Yet I am still anxious and worried about the Akron Half Marathon.

Wanna know about my confidence boost? Click here to read the full post.

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