My success rate is only 25%
I have completed only 4 of the 12 Garmin Coach plans I have started over the last few years. Some were legitimate re-starts but I believe there could be something up that is getting in the way of me completing things. Does this happen to anyone else?
Today I restarted my 1/2 Marathon Training Plan because I had a tentative race date of Nov 4th on the calendar but finally opened the wallet and signed up to run the Holly Springs, North Carolina 1/2 Marathon on November 18th. It was a full two-week difference, and I couldn’t seem to update my current Garmin Coach plan with my new race date. I checked the Garmin forums and found that others had similar issues. I was 7 weeks into a 16-week plan, so I hated to just throw in the towel on that plan, but (and here’s what has me thinking I need to dig deeper), I was kinda glad because I was getting into the tough weeks and well, a restart was a lazy way out.
I decided to dig deeper into what might be causing me to keep stalling out…
- Laziness – quite possibly
- Fear of injury – past experience lends credibility to this being a reason
- Fear of failure – if I don’t complete the training plan and I don’t do well in the race, I have my reason why
The fear of failure pops up as a legitimate issue. So, I went searching for some tips on how to overcome this. Here are some of the strategies I uncovered…
- Strategy 1
- Strategy 2
- Strategy 3
I’m putting this in writing because maybe that will help hold me accountable to completing my current training block. I guess I’ll find out in the next 12 weeks!
See you at the Holly Springs 1/2 Marathon in beautiful Holly Springs, NC on Saturday, November 18th at 7:12am EST!