Janet Gubser

Janet Gubser

Primary: This year, I will run happy. |

Stretch: I will do yoga, stretching, rolling 5 times a week.

Accountability Partners: Charles Gubser / Yancy Culp / Sarah Hetzel / Ryan Kent

Comments: Last year, training and racing became a chore and I stopped enjoying it. I was trying to do what I “should” do and go where I “should” go. I started chasing trifectas and put the race ahead of the joy and ahead of taking care of myself. By the time the season ended, I was just broken, physically, mentally, and emotionally. Amelia Boone and her journey back from injury has been really inspiring to me. One of her blog posts was about “running happy” — doing races and events that she wanted to and enjoyed, not the ones that she felt that “needed” to do. I want to enjoy running and training again; I don’t want to feel “owned” by it. If I do well in a race, that is ok, but I am a teacher, a mom, and a grandmother; OCR is not my job. It is a hobby and hobbies are supposed to be fun and bring joy. That’s what I want, to have joy again.