Well, we did complain for so long about how cold and rainy it was over the winter and spring and that it took summer sooooo long to get here....and here it is and now we are complaining about the heat! Are we never truely satisfied?
We can ask that of any runner or walker....are you truely satisfied with that last walk?, the pace? the route? or even the distance? It seems we are forever meeting or beating our goals and then instead of congratulating ourselves we immediately set a new and better goal.
Take this last run/walk I did...granted it was supper hot, I left home at 0800 but I should have started at 0600 (see? already complaining) and I brought water, gaterade and a granola bar....I set my pace and off I went. I went for 25 km but I felt unsatisfied because I was suppose to go for 25.5 km....how is it that I couldn't be happy with one when it was only .5 of a km out from the other?
Ah...that is the life of a runner or walker....always striving for something better...better times, better distances, better feeling, better pace...well...you get the picture.
A little update on our marathon group. We are now down to only 3 people from 6. It turns out 2 people never even registered....chickens!....and one person dropped out. I have to confess that I have felt like dropping out myself at times. I mean....training for a marathon takes time and alot of it! It's hard and don't we all like easy if it is offered to us? But...and there is a but...I have set this goal for myself this year and darn it...I'm sticking to it....even if I have to do the thing on my own. (well, not truely on my own there will be thousands of people there, but you know what I mean!)
It's week 11 and our long walk is 27.5 kms...sigh....I'll endeavor to get up earlier this week to get out on the roads before the sun comes out.
Happy Sept long weekend to everyone......
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