It’s September 1 and fall can’t be far away – though Mother Nature is once again thumbing her nose at the calendar with the return of heat and humidity this week. No matter, September signals the start of my favorite time of the year and I’m ready to embrace it!
My September goals are really quite simple:
– consistently run 3 -4 days a week with 2 days strength work
– return to double digit long runs
– wrap-up my physical therapy sessions
– let go of the stress
Yeah that last one is the key. I admitted in my runfessions that my running is stressing me out. And, when I stopped to think about that, it is insane to me that something that usually is a stress-reliever for me is turning into the complete opposite.
Time to let it go – the days are going to count down towards my next race whether I stress about it or not, right? So why waste the energy…and why let it take the joy out of running?
So I’m keeping it simple in September.
What are your goals for the month? Does your running ever stress you out?
You set great goals! Simplicity is key! I stopped stressing about running when I let go of aggressive pace goals, You’re right: this should be fun!
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I think I’m just going to have to let go of the clock for a while – I’m embracing the fact that not every race has to be a PR!
Great goals! I am trying not to stress out over how I’m going to run 10 miles in 6 weeks. I know I can do it, so why worry!
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Thanks Coco! I have a feeling you’ll get back up to that 10 mile mark fairly quickly 🙂
Ugh, I stress over my injuries! I need to just be more patient.
One goal for me: complete a Sept. plank challenge!
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It’s hard to be patient! Have fun with your plank challenge!
Keep it simple – I like that! Solid goals for the month. I am a little worried that I will start stressing out about running, but you’re right – we gotta let it go and just enjoy ourselves!
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Thanks Janelle – I figure if I can let go of stressing out then it will be a good month no matter what!
Keeping it simple sounds perfect. I am a little stressed right now myself!
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This time of year can get crazy – hope you find some down time soon 🙂