12.31.05 - Hrmm...not so sure about all this...
Okay...so today's run...I'm a bit uncertain about.
It went fine...I guess. I was out for around 2h50m or so...and covered 12 miles. Today I found that the bridge of my left foot was really bothering me early on. At first I thought my shoe was on too tight...but loosening it didn't seem to help very much. I'm icing it now, so hopefully it'll help ease the discomfort. I'm questioning my form at this point. It almost feels like I wasn't pushing off my toes or something. Rather difficult to describe.
So I brought the Garmin out with me. I think the GPS is off a bit. I did 12 miles...but only credited 9.11...it also said I was only out there for 2:20:43...which by all other clocks, including the actual clock on the watch, was incorrect. I'm gunna have to look into that. I wonder if it could be because of all the skylines and tall buildings. Hmm?
I was running down by Castaway off North Avenue and the Lake and I began to think about myself and whether or not I'm an athlete. I still don't consider myself one...heck, I don't think of myself as athletic...I really haven't since the beginning of college. I guess it bars the question...is it possible to be a marathoner and not be an athlete? I'm not sure. Perhaps after my marathon I'll actually FEEL like an athlete. Right now I don't...but I want to feel like one. At this point I'll even settle for the illusion of being an athlete...I'm putting way too much thought into this...I know.
I really wanted today to end with a bang, but it just was sorta...well...blah. I had an extremely BLAH last long run...and that makes me sad. There was nothing special about it. No amazing jolts of energy that make me feel like I was flying. No zany sights while out on the course. No interesting conversations with strangers. It was rather disappointing. Just a nasty, wet, gross morning...and my mood matched it perfectly. Perhaps I'm supposed to feel this way so close to the end of it all? I knew I could feel let down after the marathon. But before?
I'm just not so sure about all this...I know I'll go out there...and do what I have to do to finish...just the preparation game is really toying with me right now...I'm ready to be in Phoenix and be running my heart out. And two weeks from today...I will be!
At any rate...
Happy New Year...may you all have a safe and wonderful evening!! :)
-B
It went fine...I guess. I was out for around 2h50m or so...and covered 12 miles. Today I found that the bridge of my left foot was really bothering me early on. At first I thought my shoe was on too tight...but loosening it didn't seem to help very much. I'm icing it now, so hopefully it'll help ease the discomfort. I'm questioning my form at this point. It almost feels like I wasn't pushing off my toes or something. Rather difficult to describe.
So I brought the Garmin out with me. I think the GPS is off a bit. I did 12 miles...but only credited 9.11...it also said I was only out there for 2:20:43...which by all other clocks, including the actual clock on the watch, was incorrect. I'm gunna have to look into that. I wonder if it could be because of all the skylines and tall buildings. Hmm?
I was running down by Castaway off North Avenue and the Lake and I began to think about myself and whether or not I'm an athlete. I still don't consider myself one...heck, I don't think of myself as athletic...I really haven't since the beginning of college. I guess it bars the question...is it possible to be a marathoner and not be an athlete? I'm not sure. Perhaps after my marathon I'll actually FEEL like an athlete. Right now I don't...but I want to feel like one. At this point I'll even settle for the illusion of being an athlete...I'm putting way too much thought into this...I know.
I really wanted today to end with a bang, but it just was sorta...well...blah. I had an extremely BLAH last long run...and that makes me sad. There was nothing special about it. No amazing jolts of energy that make me feel like I was flying. No zany sights while out on the course. No interesting conversations with strangers. It was rather disappointing. Just a nasty, wet, gross morning...and my mood matched it perfectly. Perhaps I'm supposed to feel this way so close to the end of it all? I knew I could feel let down after the marathon. But before?
I'm just not so sure about all this...I know I'll go out there...and do what I have to do to finish...just the preparation game is really toying with me right now...I'm ready to be in Phoenix and be running my heart out. And two weeks from today...I will be!
At any rate...
Happy New Year...may you all have a safe and wonderful evening!! :)
-B
posted by Iron Jayhawk at 1:14 PM
2 Camper Comments:
B-
Don't sell yourself short. What you've done and continue to do is incredible. The fundraising, the training, the commitment. you've done it all for the past 4-5 months. You'll have those days where you just feel like 'blah'...I did this morning (as did everyone I ran with). but never, ever think that what you are doing is anything BUT spectacular. Think of it this way, while you've been up early on Saturday mornings training, millions of others have been asleep. And when you cross the finish line in Phoenix, you'll be one of the few people in the world who has completed this incredible accomplishment.
Dice
p.s. Sometimes, Garmins have been known to be short. It depends on the satalite feed. I'm sure in the city, it would have some problems picking things up.
If you haven't looked it up, try mapmyrun.com as a means of verifying your techie type running gear. I use a Fitsense FS-1 foot pod system, and it can be a challenge to get calibrated. I use mapmyrun to make sure the corret mileage is shown.
I know the "am I an athelete" thing. I've run about 100 miles worth of marathons and still don't really think of myself as an athelete. Of course, if you read my blog, you'll note that I actually hate running.
Even so, consider that there were roughly 430,000 marathon finishers in 2005. Given the US population, that means that far less than 1% actually completed a marathon. And since many of those finishers were repeat finishers, the percentage actually goes down. There's a good column about that in the January Runner's World.
In 2 weeks you will have joined the ranks of marathoner. Many people are athletes. Far fewer are marathoners. And we have faith you will finish, as you've already done the long runs. Now, it's just a training run with a 10K race at the end.
Good luck and have fun!
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