Ain't No Moutain High Enough

I've been in a little of a running rut. Not so much in terms of getting out there, but it terms of results. And, well, a little mental as summer is coming and it is warming up faster than I like and faster than my body will tolerate so I'm entering that stage of feeling burned out (literally?) with this season. But in terms of results, I've done three little races recently and in all three there were hills that conquered me and I walked at. I should say one was a race up Wachusetts so that one is to be expected, but the other two were road races and I just couldn't keep it together or push myself to run those hills. The results weren't terrible, but I didn't place in my age group and I didn't have a PR which I went into these hoping for at least one if not both of those things to happen. What I'm trying to take away from it is two things. 1) If you want the have the result you need to do the work. I've done some work but it's not enough for the result that I'm hoping for. I need to focus on those hills and focus on some speed. 2) Don't make excuses or feel sorry for yourself. Even if the performance was subpar in my mind, I was there and I can use it as a learning and growing experience. I had a year of good PRs and it's like I expected that to continue. So I'm aiming to use my workout betters. Don't half-ass OT - work on getting the speeds up even if they aren't what I can do on an open road I can still use that time to better myself. Start doing some outside speed-work as the weather and body allow. Find hills. Get back on those suckers even though they suck. And focus on nutrition and caring for my body. I can't do good work if I don't have a good base.