Still feeling blocked but somewhat less so. Glad to get the feedback and hear that the Seinfeld stuff was missed and will try to get that in here but in a more authentic way. I didn't like the forced feeling of having to come up with the transitional opportunity. While I never ready made them up, I liked the more natural feeling of the way my connection to Carlyle had come up. And now I am tempted to read some Thomas Carlyle. So I will
Anyway, from a running perspective - as that's what this is supposed to be - so the blog police told me - feeling pretty ready and excited for the New Jersey Marathon this Sunday. I have to say in retrospect that I really did not train well for the Miami Marathon so I really got what I deserved; a very lame performance. Yes, great to say I finished but I was looking for something more. Interestingly, I did something I rarely do and looked at how I had trained for the Miami race. Incredible that the longest run I had done - and I'm embarrassed to say it was a 15 mile run on the treadmill (due to massive snow if I remember correctly) the week before the actual marathon. Before that one, it was a 13.4 run. No 16, 18, or 20 miler in the bunch. Really!!!
Conversely, I'm proud to have done a 15.0 mile on the 110th day of my 110 days of running back towards the end of March. The following week was a killer, 2 mile uphill 16 miler that I did a bit slower than I would have liked but better than my e-coach suggested. I started the first week of April with a 20 miler, the following week while I was away included some very steady 8s, the next another 20 miler and two weeks of quality taper. Reminds me of when I did the first one of these and everyone kept saying "respect the distance!". Well, this time I feel like I did. My training for Miami, plain and simple, did not!.
That all sounds kind of serious and self-deprecating. But I think instead of my borrowed tip, I'll provide my own. I continually believe and try to share this with anyone in Teens Run. Training for marathons is one of these really excellent experiences where what you give to it is truly what you give back. A half-hearted commitment to quality training will almost always provide you with a half-hearted result that you'll have a hard time being proud of. On the flip side, dedicating yourself and your energy to producing something of quality and that is authentic, will almost always deliver a similar result and impact. Good lesson to learn.
And since it was requested, and I never took the easy opportunity to use it, there's an episode of Seinfeld where Elaine brings up a friend of hers that has an opportunity that provides a great place to watch the New York Marathon. And in Kramer-esque fashion, Kramer says "yea, I keep meaning to enter that" as if he was signing up to see a movie. What's the name of the episode and what's the main theme? George also comes up with a somewhat novel idea for meeting women - what is it and does it benefit him in the end? Enjoy!
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