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It’s better to undertrained than overtrained, right?

June 11, 2018 by MCM Mama 6 Comments

In 3 days I’ll be hitting the start line of Ragnar Pennsylvania on an ultra team. What’s an ultra team? It’s a team of 6 instead of 12 – which means you pretty much never have down time and you run twice the number of miles. It seemed like a good idea back when I signed up. And my usual method of running races as training runs was going well. Until it wasn’t.

I’m honestly still not sure what is going on with my foot and ankle. I’ve managed to run 7 miles in the last 3 weeks. Seven. I missed 100 miles for the month of May by more than 45 miles and so far in June I’ve run a 5K. A pain free 5K, thankfully, but only a 5K.

I only have to run ten times that between Friday morning and Saturday afternoon – gulp.

One way or another, I got this. And when I say one way or another, I mean I have teammates who are badass enough to pick up my slack if I can’t run my miles. And hopefully fast enough to keep us on pace if I run them slow. And if I end up sidelined, I’m going to be the best damned cheerleader Ragnar has seen. Either way, I will have a good time. After all, it’s Ragnar.

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  1. Lisa @ Mile by Mile says

    June 12, 2018 at 5:43 am

    I hope that your ankle holds ups and you can run! But its good to know you have teammates who can run for you if needed. Good luck!
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  2. Laurie says

    June 12, 2018 at 6:21 am

    I have also been in the habit of using races as training runs. I do believe that leaves me woefully undertrained. Hmmm…guess I will have to break that habit. Good luck on your Ragnar. You ARE a badass – doing the ultra! I am excited to hear how it goes. I have never done a Ragnar, but would like to try one.
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  3. Judy @ Chocolaterunsjudy says

    June 12, 2018 at 7:37 am

    Good luck with that! I hope that your ankle/foot cooperates with you, but I know you’ll have a great time no matter what.
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  4. fairytales and fitness says

    June 12, 2018 at 9:21 am

    I wish you the best of luck at your race. It is nice to know that you have team mates that will help pick up, if you feel like you are slacking (which I’m sure you’ll do fine)!

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  5. Becky says

    June 12, 2018 at 8:38 pm

    I’ll be there too – only with a team of 12! It’s my first Ragnar and I’m really excited 🙂 I hope your foot/ankle behaves!

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  6. vicki says

    June 18, 2018 at 5:00 pm

    I like the races as training runs strategy too!

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