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June 6, 2007

Ten percent rule shmule

So my "plan" if you can call it that consists of adding 7 miles each week until I'm up near 50, and then thinking about starting a marathon training program. I'll see if I have the motivation for 50 before I commit to anything crazy. I'm not as fired up about things as I was at the end of the last non-pregnant session. Or either of the previous ones before that. This may be precisely the type of attitude I feared I would have, and I'm pretty sure that the desire to not become what I feared will not be enough in and of itself to get my ass out of bed on Wednesday mornings for those necessary mid-week long runs.

I ran four miles this morning with a few strides. Last week I gave myself 16 miles, so this week I'm aiming for a big 23. I think I can I think I can.

Oh that reminds me. Bikini Boot Camp meets at the track on Wednesday mornings lately. It's a HUGE group. This morning the coach reminded them to "make way for the joggers" as I was going by. What-evs. Then later they were doing an Indian run (and admittedly it was a long line because there are so many of them, but they only had to run hard for like 100 yards) and the same coach was encouraging them to "push through the pain." Seriously. On an Indian run? Why on Earth would there be pain associated with that? It's sentiments like that that make people think running is so awful. It doesn't have to hurt, even if you're pushing yourself.

Oh c'mon, who am I kidding? I'm just bitter because last time I did strides on the track they were doing some too and I couldn't beat all of them.

Posted by jenandmats at June 6, 2007 9:28 PM

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Ah, so it was the bikini boot camp group that ran me off the track a few weeks ago. They were doing straights and curves and driving me insane. They'd sprint ahead of me on the straights, then come to a complete halt in my lane on the track and then walk the curves. Making things worse, the coaches all gave me way too perky "You go girl" encouragement as I ran by them.

Posted by: hokgardner at June 7, 2007 10:26 AM