200 Days to contemplate my revenge
if you're not good at math, 200 days from now is roughly early december. last early december i attempted to finish my first marathon. unsuccessfully so. i remember that day and what it felt like to be a marathon shmuck. Spell check says I spelled that wrong..
But i felt it alright. I had it in me to complete what was going to be my first marathon, and the last great thing i was going to do in my 20s. my 20s were filled with HUGE ups and downs...at times I'd never been so high and at others never so low. my 20s culminated in that last failure.
john maxwell says that life is marked with failures. its just that we need to make sure that every failure is a failure UP. we need to make sure that every time we try something and fail we fail a little bit better each time.
relative to marathoning I have yet to do such.
I just about got to the 23 mile that day. I remembered passing it in the car on the way back and thinking if i had just made it that far, It would have only been a 5k to the finish.
I had been out there for nearly 7 hours that day...it was dreadfully slow and not a step was actually run. i had blisters by mile three...something that had never before happened to me.
I've had a nice leisurely break from walking and running since the end of April. but as I approach the 200 days before the marathon mark, i know its time to start again.
i trained to about 70% for that race. meaning I did about 70% of what I should have done. training in and of itself was a failure. SO...my only goal is to fail better as far as that training was concerned. if i perhaps train 75% or 80%...I'll fare much better than last time.
I dont know what the next 200 days will hold, but I can't think of any way better to end my 30th year than to complete this stupid race in an acceptable time. i have the time left to acheive that goal..i just need that illusive consistency.
i contemplate what kind of things I need to help myself along..new shoes, better socks, maybe a gym membership...some great schedule, or group of people. but this time, i'm going to start only with what I have at my disposal. because within myself lies everything i need to make this happen for myself.
therefore....
But i felt it alright. I had it in me to complete what was going to be my first marathon, and the last great thing i was going to do in my 20s. my 20s were filled with HUGE ups and downs...at times I'd never been so high and at others never so low. my 20s culminated in that last failure.
john maxwell says that life is marked with failures. its just that we need to make sure that every failure is a failure UP. we need to make sure that every time we try something and fail we fail a little bit better each time.
relative to marathoning I have yet to do such.
I just about got to the 23 mile that day. I remembered passing it in the car on the way back and thinking if i had just made it that far, It would have only been a 5k to the finish.
I had been out there for nearly 7 hours that day...it was dreadfully slow and not a step was actually run. i had blisters by mile three...something that had never before happened to me.
I've had a nice leisurely break from walking and running since the end of April. but as I approach the 200 days before the marathon mark, i know its time to start again.
i trained to about 70% for that race. meaning I did about 70% of what I should have done. training in and of itself was a failure. SO...my only goal is to fail better as far as that training was concerned. if i perhaps train 75% or 80%...I'll fare much better than last time.
I dont know what the next 200 days will hold, but I can't think of any way better to end my 30th year than to complete this stupid race in an acceptable time. i have the time left to acheive that goal..i just need that illusive consistency.
i contemplate what kind of things I need to help myself along..new shoes, better socks, maybe a gym membership...some great schedule, or group of people. but this time, i'm going to start only with what I have at my disposal. because within myself lies everything i need to make this happen for myself.
therefore....
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