tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432653984436308840.post4935971123234250070..comments2023-04-16T04:21:15.285-07:00Comments on Waiting For the Run: "To the Victor Go the Spoils"runkerrierunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00984722347579028045noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432653984436308840.post-77369606207178180282011-01-31T05:53:44.367-08:002011-01-31T05:53:44.367-08:00@Sheila - thanks for reading & for your commen...@Sheila - thanks for reading & for your comment. I know you are extremely motivated, like me, to always do your best on race day. I think we are both being smart in realizing that there's no point in doing something that we don't actually want to do. Even if it sounds good "Sure, I'll run a marathon," it's actually a really big deal. No point in putting in all that training if your heart isn't in it.runkerrierunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00984722347579028045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432653984436308840.post-58088109516408678262011-01-30T21:57:40.926-08:002011-01-30T21:57:40.926-08:00Kerrie, right now I am also not having the desire ...Kerrie, right now I am also not having the desire to really train for a marathon. I think 2011 may be the first year since 2007 that I don't run any full length marathons. Part of me is a little sad and disappointed that I don't want to train for that distance, but part of me says (just like you) that I don't want it bad enough right now and therefore I shouldn't sign up for one. When I trained for 2008 L.A. Marathon I wanted it really bad. I worked SO HARD. That was my best marathon to date. I'm waiting until I feel that kind of desire again to really train for one. I know I will want to do it again some day. But for now I'm doing the other things...triathlon, swimming, cycling and run races of shorter distances. I may try for a half marathon PR in 2011, which would be a really tough goal for me. But I think maybe I could do it. My PR is such a time that I once thought I'd never be able to get under it, but now I think maybe I could. If I believe, if I want it, I can do it. Wishing you all the best with your racing goals this year. I completely understand where you're at with the marathon and I think it's a perfectly valid place to be.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01842364873511941858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432653984436308840.post-84715800123418693362011-01-30T20:50:21.655-08:002011-01-30T20:50:21.655-08:00Stephany, Thank you for your thoughts! We all have...Stephany, Thank you for your thoughts! We all have to start somewhere... I started running a couple of years ago & remember that feeling. The good thing about running is that the more you move forward the more you improve. You have a lot to gain & a lot of years of accomplishment ahead of you. I hope you enjoy your journey as much as I have :) You will catch your friends in no time! One step at a time...runkerrierunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00984722347579028045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432653984436308840.post-62710717654653126792011-01-30T17:09:13.770-08:002011-01-30T17:09:13.770-08:00I was going to comment on watching the clip- aweso...I was going to comment on watching the clip- awesomeness! I a newbie can barely run ONE mile in under 13 - 3 miles in that - wow! Also as a newbie I really liked reading your thoughts on just competing against ourselves. I get down on myself sometimes because I am SOO slow and so out of shape- my friends have been running for years and are always done way before I am.. But I have to keep that in mind- I am competing against myself- and my own thoughts/goals. AND I can't let myself quit- even emotionally.. <br /><br />I agree with the above- you do as long as it adds to your live. When something begins to take away more than it adds- time to cut back and find the joy again.Stephanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469438591889936126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432653984436308840.post-79418064627819173772011-01-30T16:31:45.777-08:002011-01-30T16:31:45.777-08:00You are very wise... Always appreciated :-)You are very wise... Always appreciated :-)runkerrierunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00984722347579028045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432653984436308840.post-21213878774629405132011-01-30T16:12:20.708-08:002011-01-30T16:12:20.708-08:00You want to compete the best you can, but you want...You want to compete the best you can, but you want to have fun, too. If you're heart isn't in a full marathon, skip it this year, you're young, you can run it next year. Concentrate on your bike riding, on killing the half marathon, on triathlons.<br /><br />I watched a documentary the other day, One Day in September (1999), about the kidnapping and killing of the Israeli athletes from the Munich Olympics, but it started out with footage of the competitions. '72 was the first Olympics I remember, Olga Korbut, those massive Russian weightlifters, E. German female swimmers so doped up they looked like men, those were the days.... They also showed a clip of Prefontaine running, it was so effortless for him. I know he worked hard, but he also had a gift.<br /><br />Run Kerrie, run!!! And bike, and raise your kids, and love your husband, your parents. You've got a pretty full plate.ridgeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932848610324245206noreply@blogger.com