Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson
On the road again...
I'll give you a brief history of my running. I started in May of 2005. Ran about 500 or so for the year. 2006 was my base building year. I did however race a half marathon and a couple of 5k's. My total for 2006 was 1127.1 For 2007 I had a goal of finishing 3 marathons in 3 months. I wasn't sure my body could handle it so I kept things mostly easy. I doubled 2006 and had a total of 2345.9. 2008 was the year for 50 milers. I worked on slowing down so that I could finish both events I had uninjured and able to run. Milage was 2828.9 for the year. I think the key thing for me was having such lofty goals that it made me keep my running easy. In turn I really didn't work on the mental part of racing. This year I'm looking to remidy that. Hopefully I'll be able to get to 3,000 miles for the year while racing each and every race I do. I figure my body should be able to handle it now with the huge base I have. We shall see.
I write. I read. I run. One time, I ran a lot on my 50th birthday.
Paul
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Lou, (aka Mr. predawnrunner), MD, USA | Lou's Brews | lking@pobox.com
Happy Camper
You guys are doing some amazing stuff. It's nice to be running with you, even if it is only virtually. I've been doing the stretches you provided twice a day since Saturday, and I went out and ran a nice easy 4.3 today. My knee felt really good, and it was the best run I've had in a while. Thanks for the encouragement, everyone. Since my knee knocked me out last week, I'm officially labeling it my cutback week and pressing on to a more normal week this week. Now for some dinner, some ice, and kicking back to watch another hour in the life of Jack Bauer.
Determination: The feeling you get right before you try something incredibly stupid.
Bugs
Oh well the pain will be gone in a couple hours.
Oh Mighty Wing
I am pretty sure I have been mental for the last 20 years. No need to work on that. Pretty sure I would lose most of my friends if I got more mental.
Hail to The Victors!
Jeremy, part of my job is managing our wellness program. We started with the Health Risk Assessment (for a $100 incentive just like yours) in 2005. Over the years we've modified our program and now while the Wellness Program itself is quite expensive, we've seen almost a 2 to 1 return on our investment. It really does work, but you have to have almost everyone get on board. Our assessment also had an alcohol question... and it didn't like my response! .