Let’s just put this out there right now – I kind of suck at snowshoe running. \u00a0There are specific stages I went through during last Saturday’s 5k race to come to this realization. \u00a0Here is a more or less accurate account of my rambling thought process while doing the race:<\/p>\n
Denial<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n “I’m a half decent half marathon runner, I can definitely snowshoe 5k. \u00a0Sure there are a lot of hills, but I’ve been doing hill training. \u00a0Yes the race starts on a hill that just seems to keep going up. \u00a0 But look, the 4 people ahead of me on this single track are walking now up the hill. \u00a0I could totally run it but since I am behind them I will just have to walk too.”<\/em><\/p>\n “Damn, why are those people moving off the track and letting me go by??? \u00a0Oh $#*! now I am the leader of this group. \u00a0I don’t want to be leader, I think the people behind me might actually want to be running. \u00a0Maybe I will just move off the track and let them by. \u00a0But I could totally run this hill if I had to.”<\/em><\/p>\n Anger<\/strong>:\u00a0(this one is directed to you Mike Caldwell!) <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0“Who the heck thought snowshoe racing on hills was a good idea??? \u00a0What is wrong with snowshoe running on flat ground??? \u00a0Why are there so many hills in Quebec anyway????<\/em><\/p>\n Bargaining<\/strong>: <\/em><\/p>\n “If the ground flattens out I promise to be a much better person, honest.” <\/em><\/p>\n This thought is interrupted by totally random thoughts to keep me going: <\/em><\/p>\n “Hey, five weeks from right now I’ll be getting ready to head to the start line for the Prague Half Marathon. \u00a0Oh, wait, there is a time difference. \u00a0Ahead or behind? \u00a0Would I be at the start line or the finish line at this time in 5 weeks? \u00a0Damn, not enough oxygen for my brain to do math.” \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Depression<\/strong>: \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n OK, skipped this stage. \u00a0The thoughts of chili, beer and brownies kept me happy enough.<\/em><\/p>\n Acceptance<\/strong>: \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n “I suck at snowshoe racing. \u00a0Oh well! \u00a0I’ll be back at the races next year regardless!”<\/em><\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Let’s just put this out there right now – I kind of suck at snowshoe running. \u00a0There are specific stages I went through during last Saturday’s 5k race to come to this realization. \u00a0Here is a more or less accurate account of my rambling thought process while doing the race: Denial: “I’m a half decent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-running"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3amQ2-mL","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raz-family.ca\/RunKristi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raz-family.ca\/RunKristi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raz-family.ca\/RunKristi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raz-family.ca\/RunKristi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raz-family.ca\/RunKristi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1411"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/raz-family.ca\/RunKristi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1414,"href":"https:\/\/raz-family.ca\/RunKristi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411\/revisions\/1414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raz-family.ca\/RunKristi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raz-family.ca\/RunKristi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raz-family.ca\/RunKristi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}