Quote by Coach Spans yesterday when I bounced up to her asking permission to enter FLM07!
Yesterday ...
I felt the electricity from the event and the runners, and I wanted to be there in the heart of the action.
I saw the fast ladies with total awe and wanted to be them, so slender and toned and fit and fast.
I saw the elites who had "Had accidences" and thought how sad to be so fixed on a goal to do that and carry on regardless.
Then I could see (and feel) the pain and suffering from the slower runners, leaning against rails stretching and trying to take drugs.
I saw huge smiles and tears and pride.
Then part of me said BOLLOX I am entering next year regardless whilst part of me said that I still wanted to be with the faster people whilst recognising that they looked alone and that they were running alone
That is a huge question ... I want the happiness of achieving my goal whilst wanting to do FLM or another marafun again ASAP yet I know that marafun training at my current pace is bad for family life it's just too time consuming .... but I want to join the party and feel that life that the 1000s of runners at FLM generate!
I was happy and smiling yesterday then tearful and down. I loved the day! If I don't run next year I will be back to support.
There is only one London Marathon. It does our country proud.
Yesterday ...
I felt the electricity from the event and the runners, and I wanted to be there in the heart of the action.
I saw the fast ladies with total awe and wanted to be them, so slender and toned and fit and fast.
I saw the elites who had "Had accidences" and thought how sad to be so fixed on a goal to do that and carry on regardless.
Then I could see (and feel) the pain and suffering from the slower runners, leaning against rails stretching and trying to take drugs.
I saw huge smiles and tears and pride.
Then part of me said BOLLOX I am entering next year regardless whilst part of me said that I still wanted to be with the faster people whilst recognising that they looked alone and that they were running alone
That is a huge question ... I want the happiness of achieving my goal whilst wanting to do FLM or another marafun again ASAP yet I know that marafun training at my current pace is bad for family life it's just too time consuming .... but I want to join the party and feel that life that the 1000s of runners at FLM generate!
I was happy and smiling yesterday then tearful and down. I loved the day! If I don't run next year I will be back to support.
There is only one London Marathon. It does our country proud.
Comments
trfainig for GFA will take MUCH more out of your life than "training at your current pace"
Thankyou for the suppport yesterday
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Why deny yourself the pleasure?
Do it anyway next year and then GFA the year after if that's where you're at training-wise
Bear that's where I am just now! I am tempted to do that using it as a training run as such and also to use the training camp idea of no run longer than 3hrs. I did say if I got to 9st7 by TW I would enter. Nothing to say I would get in anyway! And I could (if I improved enough) look to do say Cardiff as a fast one
glad you enjoyed it yesterday - and I'm very pleased to read that you'll be back again next year to support if you don't get a place, it *is* such a good day out!
Question is - will you work as hard without targets like FLM07?
SNG
so you will end up doing more hours per week training-even if you are a lot quicker over 20 miles
you would also do more long runs
you do have to be realistic about gfa - it will involve loads and loads of running - you need to get the time on the feet whatever the pace - so do you actually have the time in your life for that?
why not take the pressure off a bit and enjoy your running for the pleasure it gives and the friendships it has brought - speed isn't everything
and enter for 2007
I will be trying to get in again next year