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May 01, 2006

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Current Running Life:
5k: 17:50 (2010 NSL)
10k: 38:20 (2007 Des News)
1/2 Marathon: 1:23:30 (2009 Provo Half)
Marathon: 2:53:46 (2007 St George)

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Daddy to 3 great kids - 16 year old son and 11 year old twin daughters

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Saucony Grid A2 Lifetime Miles:						125.40
GoRun2 Lifetime Miles:						53.70
Adrenaline 2014 Blue (1) Lifetime Miles:						442.70
Adrenaline 2014 Red (1) Lifetime Miles:						429.20

Wed, Apr 18, 2012

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

I'm now paying the price of taking a few days off of work. Too much work to do this morning so I wasn't able to sneak a run in. My legs feel heavy but not sore so I should be able to pick up the mileage next week.

I've been thinking a lot about what happened on Monday and unfortunately I think that I cannot simply blame it on the heat. While I was reviewing my training over the past couple of months I noticed a trend that I need to reverse. I am becoming a quitter. I often times take the easy way out instead of pushing hard in training to build mental toughness. It started with the switch back repeats at Freedom Hills park that I didn't finish. There was a tempo run that I abandoned followed by a few VO2 workouts that I completely skipped. Then there was the disaster at the Riverton 1/2 (another hot race). Have I completely lost what little mental edge I had? I wonder if I can find the desire to rebuild what I have lost.

Comments

From DaleG on Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 16:00:57 from 71.199.57.238

It took a lot of guts to admit that. I know that's why so many of my races suck. Dig deep man. You'll get that edge back.

From Kelli on Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 18:56:51 from 71.219.98.16

I do not track everyone's blog like I used to, but I can speak for me that I have gotten in a few funks and just needed to take a break. I still ran, but just laid low for a bit. Maybe that will help.

I still think you are GREAT! I do not think Riverton was as catastrophic as you feel. It is hard as a pacer and when you feel like you are not helping people get there, stepping back or out is fine---that is why Walter has two of us! Riverton is a tough course and it was hot and windy AND you were pacing a FAST time. And Boston is what it is, so many people did not hit their goals. I think the fear of the heat and the warnings may have even scared many from trying, or given them an excuse-like you said.

NO WORRIES! The mental edge will come back. Once it is in you, it is in you. ;o)

From timp on Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 15:12:27 from 144.188.24.25

Andy - I know where you're coming from.

Maybe a change in focus distance-wise would help shake things up.

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