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Re: How do you fight the post-race blues?

guest — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:00:00 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by spaff:

Ah yes, but beer is also part of a well rounded training diet....especially Guinness or good Canadian beer.

VERY TRUE!

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Doritos, on the other hand, one can get carried away with if not careful. Seems to me I recall a freight train called Doritos rolling out of control that ended up in a firey inferno in a not too distant past.[/B]

VERY POETIC!

Re: How do you fight the post-race blues?

guest — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:42:00 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Trail Tripper:
- Beer (with Doritos, right Spaff?),

Ah yes, but beer is also part of a well rounded training diet....especially Guinness or good Canadian beer.

Doritos, on the other hand, one can get carried away with if not careful. Seems to me I recall a freight train called Doritos rolling out of control that ended up in a firey inferno in a not too distant past.

Re: How do you fight the post-race blues?

guest — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:37:00 GMT

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Originally posted by thr3ee:

Yes, but I live in the SF Bay Area which is the center of the ultra-addict world with year-round running weather and accessible ultra races just about every single weekend. Its tough to take a whole month off from running races around here (I will try in Dec.) let alone a month of from running. You just can't imagine the peer pressure. I got talked into signing up for my second 100 before I was even recovered from my first! :-)

Alright, you're off the hook. I guess I did fall for the peer pressure thing once. After my first 50K (the same year as my first marathon), I signed up right away for another one two months later. Then after the second one, I couldn't resist the peer pressure to do a third

one week

later. Opps. My only non-100-miler DNF.

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Mark

Vegan 100 Miler[/URL" target="_blank">

Re: How do you fight the post-race blues?

guest — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:50:00 GMT

Funny stuff Harper! I'm feeling more cheery already.

Re: How do you fight the post-race blues?

guest — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:44:00 GMT

thejoggler, perhaps you're, um, juggling too many things at once.

OK, I couldn't resist.

Re: How do you fight the post-race blues?

guest — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:23:00 GMT

Have a few beers and go runnin.

Re: How do you fight the post-race blues?

guest — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:46:00 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by markc7:

Lightweight! I took a whole month off after my first 100, and even when I started running again I ran without a watch for another month. When I jumped back into training after that, I was raring to go.

Yes, but I live in the SF Bay Area which is the center of the ultra-addict world with year-round running weather and accessible ultra races just about every single weekend. Its tough to take a whole month off from running races around here (I will try in Dec.) let alone a month of from running. You just can't imagine the peer pressure. I got talked into signing up for my second 100 before I was even recovered from my first!

Re: How do you fight the post-race blues?

guest — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:35:00 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by thr3ee:

After my first hundred I took a full week off before letting myself run at all.

Mark

Vegan 100 Miler[/URL" target="_blank">

Re: How do you fight the post-race blues?

guest — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:03:00 GMT

Yeah, set some more goals, which don't necessarily have to be about sports. This is the time of year I start getting busy on house projects as racing winds down. I got totally pumped up by taking Tuesday off to start retiling my bathroom.

Re: How do you fight the post-race blues?

guest — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:25:00 GMT

You can also consider having several goals. My first ultra was a 50k a month ago and I was very happy with my result. I didn't get into a funk after it because I have a 50 miler coming up and I am planning a 100k next year (as well as some other trail races I haven't done). I always try to have a few goals staggered about so that I have something to focus on after a big race.

Chris