I do not like Today

There's always this feeling of let down after a race. The anticipation and motivation has subsided, the satisfied feeling of post-race exhaustion is gone and you're left with the realization that you have to keep training. Today is speed-work-day. Whoop-de-doo. I liked yesterday better. Yesterday was my rest and recovery day after the race. And I liked Friday: rest day before the race. I do not like today.

Yet in the very back corner of the running part of my mind, is the thought that I want to be faster next time. I want to beat those four women who beat me in the race on Saturday, and the only way I'm going to do that is if I keep training. That competitive drive is what keeps me racing. If I didn't race I'd lose motivation. I'd stop training. I'd stay home. Everyday would be a rest day. I signed up for my next race last night: a 5K on March 27th. So off to the gym I go to run 4 x 800m, thinking the whole time about those four ladies in front of me.