You’ve heard of the post-race blues – somehow I seem to have managed to do it the wrong way round and get pre-race blues. Normally at this point before a race (4 weeks) I’m starting to anticipate it, thinking about the course while I’m out running, what it will be like to finish etc etc – basically generally obsessing a bit about it. Not this time. Out of the blue last week for the first time I really did not enjoy running. Normally once I get out the door, it’s fine. Not last week. I hauled myself round my nightly 4 mile route but felt stale. I even asked myself why I was doing this at all.  I followed the JFDI principle but even this couldn’t get me out the door on my LSR on Sunday. I really could just not get my head round going out for 15 miles. So I didn’t – for the first time. I was worried. I am a runner. What was wrong? Then after not running for three days I went out again – it was okay again – so it came out of the blue but now I was out of the blues again. Sometimes maybe we really do need a break – just knowing when can be the difficult thing and when we just need to get on with it and out the door.

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