i have gotten off-schedule this week with the evening running and a minor foot issue. good news is the foot thing hasn't gotten any worse & it did fairly well today. bad news is that i've flaked on my buddies a few times this week. i plan to get back on track with the team next week & should be able put an to end my renegade workouts (because I believe we start our threshold runs).
Happy Birthday Kamran! I know I'm a borderline "loser" for not making it this AM.
All that written, I had a pretty good run today. 21 minute warm-up down to the "0" mile marker at the Trail. 7.5 miles out on the trail & back at an overall avg of 643 for 15 miles. 22 minute death march cool down up SOCO back to my place. 20.6 miles for the day. 64 for the week.
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i say this in the most warmhearted friendly way...
ReplyDeletedon't put too much stockl on thinking we're heartbroken that you "flaked" on "us". No one could give two shits about anyone else's training.
case in point, no one missed/cared about me when i was trail running, no one misses/cares about ken, and no one cares/misses anyone else. i mean, yeah we miss seeing their face, but no one really gives a shit if anyone else is there as long as there's 1 other person to run with on the non-tue/wed/sat runs.
at the end of the day, everyone just cares about themselves and what they think is best for them, and that's really how it should be.
so do what you need to do, and just ignore the flack i give you when you open the door for it!
; )
i had no illusion that anyone was heartbroken, missed, cared. that is not why i wrote what i did. it was just what was on my mind.
ReplyDeleteregarding your view -- "at the end of the day..." -- i believe you are wrong. not everyone is like that, and to say that's the way it should be, well, you certainly have the right to live it like that. diff background & views i guess.
don't worry, your flack doesn't phase me...how could it?
Mike,
ReplyDeleteWhy such a sour puss? You have clearly spent too much time alone on the trails! Their is power in a pack, especially when running. Running is boring at times, and training is hard and sometimes miserable, if done right. But when you can share that misery with a team, then everyone gets better and goals are easier to attain. After all teammates should hold one another accountable during training and in races. I train with my team mates, show up when I am supposed to and where I am supposed to (most of the time). We train hard together, then I try to kick their ass when we race, because that is how I role.
Damon,
Nice 15! Not too bad for coming off of a rest day.
i don't think i did a good job explaining myself. of course people care, of course i care, you care, we care. if i didn't care, i wouldn't read either blog.
ReplyDeleterereading what i wrote i can see how it can be read in a tone where i'm being a complete ass.
that wasn't my intention. yes, i knew it was direct and to the point, but what i mean is, at the end of the week, sure you're missed, but no one cares if you ran morning, day or night for each individual run.
i know that there's strength in numbers. hell, i practically invented gathering up on non workout days so i didn't have to run alone.
i guess i meant to say, don't worry about the guys too much. if your workouts need to be at X time, then do them at X time. Sure, we'll tease each other, and i'll probably overstep my boundary giving people a hard time, but at the end of the day, as long as we're all working towards the same goal, and we all meet up for that big "A" race, the team will be there, together, united.
And the team to me still includes you, Dustin. hell, i'm amazed by how well you're running, but i'm gonna have to throw some smack talk out there from time to time.
but yes, i'll try and tone it down until i forget again, and step over the line. my hand will get slapped, and i'll tone it down again.
i have a buddy in colorado whom i've never run with in my life. heck, i've barely ever hung out with him in real life, but he's also part of the team, the overall goal, and you can rest assured that we're giving so much shit to each other, we'd need to say 500 hail mary's before confession just to be allowed in a church. but the respect is there, and he was the first to call me and tell me to shake off the crappy ultra i had a couple of weeks ago.
so yes, i totally understand the team, and i know how strong the bond can make us.
I also find it fascinating how different people view different races and different goals. last year, i was a different runner than i am this year in my head. this year, as much as I'd love to run faster than each and every person I know, because i'm that competitive, i honestly have a completely different approach. to me, it's a time goal. whether i lose my beer bet against Brownie in colorado, i don't care, as long as my clock says 2:XX:XX, i'll gladly hug and high five each and every other person whether they beat or didn't beat me, as long as they had a satisfactory run for them. anyway, i've ranted too much.
sorry for the cheese i threw out there last week. it really stunk shit up bad. real bad.
good to read man.
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