It’s Racing Season (again)

Up the final (21st) hill in a 10K endurance test

The thing about running is that it is just so hard to stop once you start.  You feel better, see real progress in something, sleep better, and don’t have to worry about your clothes being too small for you.  You just have to do more laundry.  Anyway, the more I run, the more I like it.  That is why I am excited about getting back into the race season after resting and recovering over the past couple of months.  Two weeks ago, I was able to dust off a few cobwebs at the first Grandprix Warszawa of 2014, http://biegi.waw.pl/, a 10k-race series that runs monthly until the end of the year, while last week I put my hill-running (in) ability to the test in an off-road 10k race outside of Warsaw,http://orienteering.waw.pl/en//node/838. Both times I was forced to swallow my pride and accept the low times I earned because I had not really prepared for pushing myself for any distance at a racing speed, but felt great in the end knowing that I’ll soon be ready to run a few marathons and more in 2014.   I'm looking forward to this year.