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The Plan For Cities
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Whippet gal
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25 July 2011
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OK, this is the plan.
I have no idea who is entered into Cities (apart from a couple of friends I am regularly in contact with). And, very, very honestly I don't care and I'm not going to try and find out. This race is about me. I want a new PB. I don't give a damn if I finish dead last, as long as I can get past that stupid 2:58 barrier.
I've been thinking about this over the last couple of days, and I've realised that getting a 'good' finishing position is often my way out. Let me explain... When things start to get tough and I feel a PB slipping away, I often content myself with, "Oh well, just go for the finishing position... top three/top five/top ten is a good effort." It's such a cop out.
If I were an 'elite' runner, then finishing position would matter, but at my level I am racing only myself - and I've got to remind myself of that when I'm out on the course. There's an element of immediate satisfaction in getting a podium position in a less-than-great time, but the long-lasting satisfaction is in being able to do a great time, even if you finish 100th or 1000th. It's sometimes easy to forget that because I often enter low-key races where it's not too difficult to finish in the top five.
I don't want that this weekend. I want the time. I don't want to know where I'm placed. This is personal.
Now, I've just got to remember that when the going gets tough.
Damn these freaking nerves already!!
I have no idea who is entered into Cities (apart from a couple of friends I am regularly in contact with). And, very, very honestly I don't care and I'm not going to try and find out. This race is about me. I want a new PB. I don't give a damn if I finish dead last, as long as I can get past that stupid 2:58 barrier.
I've been thinking about this over the last couple of days, and I've realised that getting a 'good' finishing position is often my way out. Let me explain... When things start to get tough and I feel a PB slipping away, I often content myself with, "Oh well, just go for the finishing position... top three/top five/top ten is a good effort." It's such a cop out.
If I were an 'elite' runner, then finishing position would matter, but at my level I am racing only myself - and I've got to remind myself of that when I'm out on the course. There's an element of immediate satisfaction in getting a podium position in a less-than-great time, but the long-lasting satisfaction is in being able to do a great time, even if you finish 100th or 1000th. It's sometimes easy to forget that because I often enter low-key races where it's not too difficult to finish in the top five.
I don't want that this weekend. I want the time. I don't want to know where I'm placed. This is personal.
Now, I've just got to remember that when the going gets tough.
Damn these freaking nerves already!!
