A letter to myself.
Dear Barbara,
We both know that you've been majorly slacking on your training ever since the Spirit of Racine. It's not cool and you really need to cut the crap. These races don't just run themselves ya know.
Sporadic running here and there isn't going to take you to the finish line in a few short weeks time. In fact, it's sure to bring you to your knees in pain. Possibly even a medical tent. Or worse, the doctor's office. I've been trying to warn you about this.
Take Saturday's 18 miler. You felt great up until mile 12 and a half. And you foolishly decided it was a good time to ignore nutrition and keep on running. By the time you hit mile fourteen and a half, I gave you a warning with the tight muscles. But you didn't listen. So at mile 16 when I made those cute little calves of yours seize up to the point of forcing you to do "downward dog" on the side of the path for 10 minutes in an attempt to bring some relief, it was may way of saying stop fucking around and start training seriously.
I know you can still feel the tinging pain days later.
You can't ignore the training. You know you're going to do this race regardless of how the next few weeks go. So let's just make this a little bit better on ourselves and take care of business.
Take those heinous colored new running shoes of yours (seriously...what is with you getting the shaft in colors this year? whoever decided that bright bloody orange was a brilliant color choice was sorely mistaken) and hit the path. This little marathon of yours coming up is going to be one of survival...not PRs or brilliant finishes. It's about making it to the start line uninjured in one piece and somehow finding your way to the end of it all 26.2 miles later.
You can do it.
I know you can.
And you will.
Because that's what you do.
Love,
Barbara
PS...When you need some motivation, just go watch those Ironman DVDs laying around the house...but no getting any lofty ideas...mmmk?
We both know that you've been majorly slacking on your training ever since the Spirit of Racine. It's not cool and you really need to cut the crap. These races don't just run themselves ya know.
Sporadic running here and there isn't going to take you to the finish line in a few short weeks time. In fact, it's sure to bring you to your knees in pain. Possibly even a medical tent. Or worse, the doctor's office. I've been trying to warn you about this.
Take Saturday's 18 miler. You felt great up until mile 12 and a half. And you foolishly decided it was a good time to ignore nutrition and keep on running. By the time you hit mile fourteen and a half, I gave you a warning with the tight muscles. But you didn't listen. So at mile 16 when I made those cute little calves of yours seize up to the point of forcing you to do "downward dog" on the side of the path for 10 minutes in an attempt to bring some relief, it was may way of saying stop fucking around and start training seriously.
I know you can still feel the tinging pain days later.
You can't ignore the training. You know you're going to do this race regardless of how the next few weeks go. So let's just make this a little bit better on ourselves and take care of business.
Take those heinous colored new running shoes of yours (seriously...what is with you getting the shaft in colors this year? whoever decided that bright bloody orange was a brilliant color choice was sorely mistaken) and hit the path. This little marathon of yours coming up is going to be one of survival...not PRs or brilliant finishes. It's about making it to the start line uninjured in one piece and somehow finding your way to the end of it all 26.2 miles later.
You can do it.
I know you can.
And you will.
Because that's what you do.
Love,
Barbara
PS...When you need some motivation, just go watch those Ironman DVDs laying around the house...but no getting any lofty ideas...mmmk?
posted by Iron Jayhawk at 6:05 PM
14 Camper Comments:
Great post. Well said. :)
Good luck
I know the Jayhawk will be just fine. ;)
If anyone can do it, you can.
You can do it!
Very well said. I've been riding the couch pretty hard these days...time to get moving.
You're almost there....only a couple more runs before it's taper time and you can rest.
You can do it, go for it.
Groet Rinus.
http://rinusrunning.punt.nl/?home=1
I think what you have is going around. It's at the 18-20 mile run that we suddenly realize that race day *is* coming. Hang in there. YOU CAN DO IT. Train your best from here until then. That's all you can do.
You'll get through it... and with flying colors :)
Girl, get that training done so you can have fun at the race and then have some much needed time off training!!
So what are your 09 plans (I saw your Twitter on the side!)
LOL! Great post!
Ha, you got caught....now go get out there.
You can do it!
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