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I think I may come across too harshly on my group and possibly just need to focus on how to get everyone to lighten up a little bit.
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Feeling the growl again
"If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does. There's your pep talk for today. Go Run." -- Slo_Hand
I am spaniel - Crusher of Treadmills
A Saucy Wench
I have become Death, the destroyer of electronic gadgets
"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
To a point, if you are all happy/positive and not hungry at the end you're not as likely to improve as much as someone who is always hungry and analyzing what they could have done better. Being negative and ticked is one thing; talking about how to improve next time is quite another. this is actually what someone said to me this morning. If you're too positive, you might get complacent. Hmm..... I don't know about that. This is how I see it: I am willing to work hard while I'm out there ( if it's hills, speed or just endurance) My life/schedule allows me to comfortably run about 30-35 miles a week... any more than that and it starts getting tough. So, if running 50 miles a week would make me faster, than it's just not going to happen. So, I do the best I can and see what happens every time. It's almost like I'm in the middle.... there are those who are the "top" runners who have qualified for Boston and typically train around 60 miles a week and then there are those who run around 15 miles a week and rarely compete in races. I want to run about 30 miles per week and throw some races here and there. There just seems to be no place for the "occasional racer who just wants to have fun with it."
this is actually what someone said to me this morning. If you're too positive, you might get complacent. Hmm..... I don't know about that. This is how I see it: I am willing to work hard while I'm out there ( if it's hills, speed or just endurance) My life/schedule allows me to comfortably run about 30-35 miles a week... any more than that and it starts getting tough. So, if running 50 miles a week would make me faster, than it's just not going to happen. So, I do the best I can and see what happens every time. It's almost like I'm in the middle.... there are those who are the "top" runners who have qualified for Boston and typically train around 60 miles a week and then there are those who run around 15 miles a week and rarely compete in races. I want to run about 30 miles per week and throw some races here and there. There just seems to be no place for the "occasional racer who just wants to have fun with it."