I kept up with the Daily Source Code, This American Life, and Phedippidations. It was a light week of running and tomorrow is the big day, The Mercedes Marathon and I'm running. I have not missed a single run; I have had no injuries; and I have had no illness. How lucky I have been. I did get a good lesson this week. To Illustrate the point, I will show you an email thread.
Today's Lesson: When a Planned Aggressive Response Backfires
To a Friend in My Neighborhood
| The intent of this email is two fold: 1) Gain your forgiveness if I am right 2) Amuse you if I am wrong About what you might ask? Well, as I finished up my run this morning coming up the road after entering the back gate to the neighborhood, a car approached honking and waving. My mind said, "here's that fool that keeps honking and pointing to the side of the road again". I had decided last time he passed me that I was not going to just passively go about my run as I had in the past. In the past, I didn't realize he was being mean until after he passed and regretted that I didn't let him know that he was being rude and unappreciated. So, I have been on a hair trigger to get him next time I had the opportunity. Well..... I think this morning I pulled the trigger and IT WASN'T HIM. Worse the driver was being friendly. And, I think it was you. I am embarrassed and ashamed. If it was you, please forgive my stupidity. If it wasn't you, you have my blessing for laughing at my silliness. And, gees I hope I didn't push someone over the fence to hate all runners. Gees, I can do some silly things. |
| Bob, That WAS me. I laughed at your response because I thought it was in jest, just like my rapid fire birdies as we passed running earlier. After I passed I thought that you had been pretty convincing. Now I know why. You have succeeded with both intentions listed below [above]. |
I heard from Dan today and he and I are going to run with the 4:15 pace group. He his hoping to do something closer to 4:00, but I will be way satisfied at 4:15 which would be a PR of 15 minutes better than either of my previous 2 marathons. Judy is running a 10K portion of the race as part of a relay. She is struggling with Plantar fasciitis, so I am not sure she should run. But, she's a big girl (as in grown up). I hope it goes well as I know she wants to run.
| Oh, and I voted for Obama |  |
02/09/2008: Neighborhood
| Distance: | 3 Miles |
| Time: | 27:51 |
| Heart Rate: | 143 |
| Pace: | 9:16 |
| Weather: | Clear Temperature-47° Humidity-74% |
02/07/2008: Neighborhood
| Distance: | 6 Miles |
| Time: | 56:05 |
| Heart Rate: | 147 |
| Pace: | 9:20 |
| Weather: | Clear Temperature-33° Humidity-82% |
02/05/2008: Neighborhood
| Distance: | 3 Miles |
| Time: | 28:27 |
| Heart Rate: | 143 |
| Pace: | 9:28 |
| Weather: | Cloudy Temperature-64° Humidity-90% |
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