Be ready to change your plan.

I have a coach;

People are still surprised when I say that. I am a coach. My coach has a coach. It is having someone in my health corner to check in with and someone who sees me from the outside in. 

I have been to the doctors, chiro and massage now trying to deal with first a hip aggravation and now Achilles tendon issues. I have been training for a half marathon that I wanted to beat my old time in. In chatting with my coach before I left for NL we discussed how silly it is to expect a personal best when injured. I have never quit a race and I have never signed up for anything I didn't follow through on. My new plan to simply finish slower and try my best to let go of any time goals and just try to have fun and not further injure myself. I may end up with a new slowest time and I need to be okay with just completing safely. 

If you have noticed, I have been biking a lot. I love it. I always have and when running injuries keep me from running I love that I have a back up cardio plan. Having a back up is key for me. So many times in the past year I have struggled through an injury and relied on the plan b. Do you have one? You really should! Otherwise, when plan a fails what happens? You give up? No way!

My plan after my slow half is to take a month off of running and focus on healing my Achilles. I will focus on biking and weight lifting. I also plan to ditch extra lbs which also helps every joint with my running. 

I have had 10,000,000 plans so far on my health journey and I am sure that number will continue to climb as I keep going. Never be afraid of change, never give up and always always be real with yourself. Denial got me to push 400, I aim to always be real!

#noexcuses