How I’m Trying to Take The Next Step As a Runner
This time, I am not just doing the same thing and expecting different results
Insanity, I’ve been told, is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. After each disappointment, I try to bounce back and expect this next time to be the breakthrough. It might seem delusional, but I refuse to give up on hope.
I am talking about my time as a runner, as I have largely been doing the same thing in terms of training for the last two years, only to be the same, if not worse. I have run personal bests in races like the half marathon and a 20-mile race, so I don’t want to frame it like it’s all bad. However, I have not run a personal best in the marathon, which is the main race I have trained for.
Every January and July, I try to run 300 miles. I do it because it’s part of a mileage challenge I do through a local run club, where I help my friend’s charity that raises money for Type I diabetes research. Also, it makes sense logistically as an athlete who trains for marathons. In a 30-day month, 300 miles means averaging 10 miles a day, 70 miles a week, which gets me in shape pretty fast.
The last week of July, I ran 90 miles. I ran more than 10 miles more than five days of the week, with one 20 mile week. Hitting 300…
