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January 18, 2007
This Weekend's Five Commandments
1. Thou shalt treat this weekend's race as a training race, and a training race only. (Thou shalt recall that there are many more miles to be raced in just two weeks, so killing oneself upon Capitol Peak is not an option.)
2. Thou shalt not audibly whine about the rain, sleet, snow, mud, and generally nasty conditions that are forecasted to be present during the race. (Thou shalt not say the following, "Hah, you schmucks. In two weeks, I'm going to be running in Costa Rica, where the weather is interminably beautiful." Alternatively, thou shalt have the freedom to whine silently and call upon Costa Rican dreams whenever neccesary during the race.)
3. Thou shalt wear Gore-tex, and lots of it. (Thou shalt dress accordingly for inclement weather. Thou shalt not covet thy co-racer's attire as a result of being innappropriately dressed.)
4. Thou shalt answer, "I'm having fun!" anytime co-racers ask how thou is faring. (Thou shalt not say what thou really thinks, "This is crazy. I cannot believe I flew to Washington to run 34 miles in this crap. You know what else is crazy? All of you people actually live in this kind of weather all the time. And you must like it. Now that's crazy.")
5. When the going gets tough, thou shalt freely recall (Despite the fact that Nietzsche used this quote in reference to philosophical ideas that rise far above a mere run through the woods.) Nietzsche's famous words, "Whatever does not kill me makes me stronger." (Thou shalt not crawl into a hypothermic ball upon the side of the trail after thou slips in mud or gets pelted in the eyes by sleet. Thou shalt just run, damnit.)
"See" you next week!
Posted by Meghan at January 18, 2007 8:34 AM
Comments
This.Is.So.Freakin.Awesome.
LOVE IT! Good luck in the "training run"!!! Have fun!
Posted by: Audrey at January 18, 2007 11:44 AM
Good luck!
Posted by: Beth at January 19, 2007 4:38 AM
Brrrr... go Meghan, GO!
Posted by: corrado giambalvo at January 19, 2007 7:15 AM
Hi Meghan, I think you will be successful at all of these goals. You will be able to maintain a steady pace and I am sure you will stay positive and keep the entire race in perspective. I bet it will be a ton of fun! Have a great time and good luck!
Posted by: mary at January 19, 2007 7:42 PM
Meghan,
Yup, that was me. And no I don't particularly like the weather here in Oregon/Washington. But the job family etc. Keep me here.
Oh, the trails too. Tons of races and tons of great mountain trails. Just in Oregon in the month of Janurary there is a fat ass 50k every weekend and then the Oregon Trail series kicks off the first week of February. Can't ask for much more than that. The only place that I think has more races is the Bay Area.
I envy you in Costa Rica!!! Have a blast!
tom riley
http://mtnrunR.blogspot
Posted by: tom riley at January 22, 2007 11:57 AM