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Miffed ....

annoyed, peeved, displeased, narked, cheesed off ... take your pick!

Whichever word you chose discribes how I feel about yesterday's run! I'm really annoyed that I failed to achieve what I set out to do! Even though I know full well that I wasn't up to 10m on the day I really wanted to do it so I could see how I was doing, benchmark my training as such!

I felt I could do 10m in about 2hrs ... even though my PB is 2hrs 14 on a dead flat GSR course. Even though I wasn't going to race the 10m I felt I could still beat my PB, I was totally confident! In fact if I had carried on at the same pace as I was doing I would have probably beaten my PB anyway.

I would love to go home today or not have to work tomorrow and go and run 10m to find the answer! It's been annoying me since I finished my run (especially as the last full mile and the stray 1/2m was the fastest part of my run!) - problem is I know I can so the pain will continue.

Is running really good for you? I mean physically we get tired, we ache, we suffer and get injured and then mentally we get tired, we ache, we suffer and get traumatised!

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beanz said…
like hipps says, if you've got the lurgy you cannot expect to perform as well.

And everyone has bad days - just read the forums to know that!

((look after yourself))
10:05 PM, December 06, 2004
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