My Struggle to Train for my Upcoming Race Ends TODAY

Many of you may have noticed that in my profile I identify myself as a runner. That's the first label I give myself in my profile overview, then yoga, crypto enthusiast, etc. And I posted about those things more often my first few months here, then things changed...

Back when I first joined Steemit I was doing a decent amount of running--most of it on a treadmill at my local gym because it was summer time since where I live it is very hot and humid this time of year well into September. But I cancelled that gym membership as I was trying to scale back on unnecessary expenses so I could invest in the crypto space as I was convinced the next huge wave was imminent and just a matter of time (December!).

I cut other non-critical monthly memberships, payments, and discretionary spending out and this allowed me to invest more money into cryptos (which I profited from nicely so far, but it came at a price. I no longer had that gym and its treadmills to run on when it is 95 degrees (35 degrees C) outside, snowing, raining hard, below freezing, etc.

It seems like ever since I cancelled that membership there's been more of these types of weather than ever and it's been hard to get out there and train. Then there was also the 3 month stretch of 60 hour work weeks in the fall that really killed my time and energy to train for a late Autumn race or even interact much on Steemit.

Now that things at work have settled and I'm back to the normal 40-45 hour work week, the weather seems to be either heavy rain or sub freezing temps, neither of which I like to run in. I do run in the rain, I'm not that much of a pansy (proof in this post https://steemit.com/fitness/@cryptokeepr/my-sunday-run-in-the-rain) but this weekend has been like a monsoon and it has ruined my chance to do my third and most important run this week--my long run.

The other two runs this week were both 4 milers. One I didn't have my Garmin for but I knew the route so I knew the mileage. Proof of the other is shown below.

So it's clear to me that I need access to a treadmill even though I prefer outside running

Instead of paying $95 / month for a fancy gym membership, I'm opting for a cheaper one that's about $15 a month with no multi year contract / obligation and I'll use this when I'm not able to run outside. This way I have no excuse / reason NOT to stick to my training plan. I am going this afternoon to sign up and I'm doing the run on one of their treadmills because there is more heavy rain in my area today.

I have about six weeks to finish my training for the half marathon I'm running at the end of March. I wanted to run a fast time but now my goal is just to finish in a reasonable time which is what I've had to settle for in the past couple of years due to all kinds of unforeseen circumstances affecting my training. Well enough with that. No more excuses.

I'll manage to finish the race no problem even with my training being lacking at best so far, but maybe I'll surprise myself and finish in a faster time than I target when race day comes. You'll see more about my progress in the near future.

That's all that I'll say just about me in this post, but I'd like to shed some light on a great new steemit group for runners if you have the time to read further.

I've become involved in a new group on Steemit called @runningproject and am supporting them through SP delegation and upvotes. I want to see this budding community thrive so lemme hit ya with some knowledge!

If you are interested in becoming part of @runningproject or being given upvotes on your posts by ISOTONIC (the group's voting bot), I'd suggest checking out @runningproject or @isotonic profiles and read some of their posts.

The running project and the bot are in their infancy and the project could use some more steemians to devote resources to them but they are growing very rapidly and I see a bright future for @runningproject and @isotonic. If you'd like to become involved in helping this great project, the creators are looking for support in the form of

• time devoted to sorting through runner posts, delegation, and increasing number of members in the group by a "runner witness" info here ----> https://steemit.com/runningproject/@runningproject/the-steem-running-project-call-for-a-runner-witness-and-4th-status-report
• Increased number of members (how do I join? ---> https://steemit.com/steemit/@runningproject/the-steem-running-project-introductory-post)
• Steem power delegation by those who are interested in earning passive income by delegating their steem power. Interested? See these posts https://steemit.com/running/@runningproject/isotonic-is-going-to-be-listed-at-steem-bot-tracker-service and https://steemit.com/steemit/@toofasteddie/easy-way-to-delegate-sp-using-steemworld

If you're a runner on steemit I'd highly recommend becoming a part of this group. Membership is very easy to obtain and it has benefits which will only grow as the @runningproject grows and gains more visibility.

I'd like to thank @toofasteddie for all of his work on this project and @yabapmatt who is a witness here and helped with this project--please consider giving him a witness vote! Don't know how? Go here https://steemit.com/~witnesses and simply click the arrow next to his username

Sorry if I rambled or got off my original topic but I thought the @runningproject was an important thing to mention. I hope all of you runners who aren't aware of it will at least go check it out!

Have a great day all!

-The Cryptokeepr