Histoire de nous changer le mal de place, nous avons décidé de participer à une course différente! N'ayant jamais pratiquement couru dans la forêt ou sur une autre surface que du béton, nous trouvions que cet événement pourrait être intéressant!
Pour ma part, la coureuse, je me suis inscrite au 13km...étant assez conservatrice,je me disais que c'était une belle distance pour un commencement! Ne sachant pas à quoi m'attendre, je m'étais entrainée un peu au Mont St-Bruno! On m'avais pourtant dit que les sentiers du mont St-Bruno n'étaient rien comparé à ce que j'allais faire!
Le coureur lui, malgré une tentation vers le 35km, il a décidé de faire lui aussi son inscription dans une distance confortable pour lui soit le 21km! Un demi-marathon en montagne, quoi de mieux?
C'est avec rigueur que nous nous sommes entrainés intensément...bof...! En fait, le coureur s'est entrainé de façon assidu tandis que moi les dernières semaines d'entrainement étaient très pénible en montagne et vraiment, je me demandais pourquoi?? J'étais tellement essoufflée que je me demandais si je ne souffrais pas de surentrainement!
Hélas pour la course et youpi pour nous, j'ai appris que j'étais enceinte une semaine avant la course et j'avais ainsi réponse à toutes mes questions d'essoufflements inhabituels!
Je n'ai donc pas pris part à cette course, mais j'ai plutôt encourager tous mes autres amis qui avaient eu aussi eu l'idée de s'inscrire à cette nouvelle aventure de course en forêt. J'ai pu courir les derniers mètres avec mon amie Nathalie qui s'était inscrite pour le faire avec moi...oups!!!
Les commentaires du coureur suite à cet événement: Le parcours n'était pas facile, beaucoup de "singles tracks" et de montées, en tout, environs une trentaine de minutes de plus qu'au demi-marathon "normal". Surtout, on recommence l'an prochain! Peux-être pour une autre distance??
Site internet pour vous inscrire: www.ultimatexc.com
Voici donc quelques photos de cette journée!
Dans la montagne!
La fin de la descente de la montagne.
La montée avant la montagne.
La médaille du 21km!
Bravo!
Expérimentation de différentes courses à pied à travers le monde, incidents cocasses, état d'âme, résultats et opinions, vous serons transmis ici! This is a bilingual blog, hence english rants will appear occasionally. Feel free to respond!
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Running Goals
As I continue working on my other posts. I figured I would post a short blog describing my running goals. When I established these goals, it was important to have objectives which varied both in time and in type (Outcome Vs Performance). There are multitudes of goal-setting and motivational theories which establish appropriate ways to set goals and the best way to achieve those goals. This topic is fascinating to me, so I will definitely post a more in-depth blog about goal-setting and motivation, but for now let’s scrutinizes my goals!
Voilà:
1) Becoming a member of the Seven Continent Club
2) Running the five major Marathons
3) Qualifying for the Boston Marathon
When I started running I immediately was attracted to the lure of the Boston Marathon, the oldest annual marathon which is a very prestigious event for the everyday runner. There is something special about The Boston Marathon, as there are not many sports where you can refer to an event by only mentioning the name of the city it’s held in... (ei. Have you done Boston?) Therefore, setting Boston as a goal to keep me motivated was a ‘’no-brainer’’. (Performance goal)
As I became a more serious runner and started completing marathons, I found out that qualifying for Boston would not be an easy task and that I should start setting outcome goals to counter the inevitable defeat of not qualifying for Boston on a short term basis. Hence, I decided that I wanted to run the five Major Marathon (This is an ironic goal... you’ll find out as I name the Major Marathons). Therefore, by setting this goal, I am relying less on performance (time) and more on outcome (completing the marathon). So, even if I don’t run a PR in a Major Marathon (or BQ), I am still one step closer to attaining a goal. Therefore, my self-efficacy remains intact and I am still motivated to run, as I am still achieving my objectives. By the way the five majors are:
• Berlin Marathon
• London Marathon (Done)
• Chicago Marathon (October 2010)
• New-York Marathon (Nov. 2011)
• Boston Marathon!!!
My last goal is a long term goal, maybe even a lifetime goal. I set this ‘’outcome’’ goal, so I will be motivated to run for the rest of my life. The reality of ‘’growing’’ (as Dr George Sheehan would say) is that my times are going to get slower as I get older, so setting a long term goal with a performance standard, would be setting me up for serious disappointment. So, basically my lifetime running goal is an outcome goal and it’s to run on all Seven Continents! In case you were wondering here are the seven continents:
• Europe (Done)
• North-America (Done)
• South-America
• Asia
• Africa
• Oceania
• Antarctica
In July 2010, I met Julius Winkler, a 79 year old marathoner, who has been a member of the Seven Continent Club for years, and he’s presently training for the Athens Marathon in October 2010! Amazing! As he raddled off tales of his exploits, I realized that this person is now a role model for me... for life!
Moral of the story: Even though goal setting is an amazing tool, it should constantly be self-monitored, altered if necessary and renewed.
Run long!
Voilà:
1) Becoming a member of the Seven Continent Club
2) Running the five major Marathons
3) Qualifying for the Boston Marathon
When I started running I immediately was attracted to the lure of the Boston Marathon, the oldest annual marathon which is a very prestigious event for the everyday runner. There is something special about The Boston Marathon, as there are not many sports where you can refer to an event by only mentioning the name of the city it’s held in... (ei. Have you done Boston?) Therefore, setting Boston as a goal to keep me motivated was a ‘’no-brainer’’. (Performance goal)
As I became a more serious runner and started completing marathons, I found out that qualifying for Boston would not be an easy task and that I should start setting outcome goals to counter the inevitable defeat of not qualifying for Boston on a short term basis. Hence, I decided that I wanted to run the five Major Marathon (This is an ironic goal... you’ll find out as I name the Major Marathons). Therefore, by setting this goal, I am relying less on performance (time) and more on outcome (completing the marathon). So, even if I don’t run a PR in a Major Marathon (or BQ), I am still one step closer to attaining a goal. Therefore, my self-efficacy remains intact and I am still motivated to run, as I am still achieving my objectives. By the way the five majors are:
• Berlin Marathon
• London Marathon (Done)
• Chicago Marathon (October 2010)
• New-York Marathon (Nov. 2011)
• Boston Marathon!!!
My last goal is a long term goal, maybe even a lifetime goal. I set this ‘’outcome’’ goal, so I will be motivated to run for the rest of my life. The reality of ‘’growing’’ (as Dr George Sheehan would say) is that my times are going to get slower as I get older, so setting a long term goal with a performance standard, would be setting me up for serious disappointment. So, basically my lifetime running goal is an outcome goal and it’s to run on all Seven Continents! In case you were wondering here are the seven continents:
• Europe (Done)
• North-America (Done)
• South-America
• Asia
• Africa
• Oceania
• Antarctica
In July 2010, I met Julius Winkler, a 79 year old marathoner, who has been a member of the Seven Continent Club for years, and he’s presently training for the Athens Marathon in October 2010! Amazing! As he raddled off tales of his exploits, I realized that this person is now a role model for me... for life!
Moral of the story: Even though goal setting is an amazing tool, it should constantly be self-monitored, altered if necessary and renewed.
Run long!
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