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"It depends what you want to do with your life"

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.

Comments

b-z said…
Im a bit confused Pixel
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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3:30 PM, April 24, 2006
XFR Bear said…
Just train - it's a great event to do even if you don't have a GFA time.

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
4:24 PM, April 24, 2006
Evil Pixie said…
Benz it means ... doing the "standard" 20m run now will take well over 4hrs, but at a faster pace it would take so much less. Running for that long knackers pixie which reduces training!

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
4:40 PM, April 24, 2006
fraggle said…
do it - you know you want to :o)


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!
6:52 PM, April 24, 2006
XFR Bear said…
I'm of the opinion that for many, training isn't that much fun, and so throwing in targets to aim for along the way to the main goal is what you need to maintain motivation, interest, and ultimately to keep you going when you're tempting to "skive off" rather than train.

Question is - will you work as hard without targets like FLM07?
9:54 PM, April 24, 2006
shortnginger said…
Go for it pixie iy does take a big part of ya life but you just have to work it in its only 620 am and i just got in from my tempo session but it means i get a bit of home life this evening if you really wanna do it youll squeeze the plods in somewhere
SNG
6:27 AM, April 25, 2006
b-z said…
all i mean pix, is that to get the GFA-you will need to up your mileage a LOT
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
8:02 AM, April 25, 2006
beanz said…
I think I am about to say the same as Ruth

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
9:00 AM, April 25, 2006
WildWill said…
Go for it Pix - get entered

I will be trying to get in again next year
10:50 AM, April 25, 2006
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