Well, I've been keeping pretty silent about my running progress for two reasons. One is that I thought people would be getting bored of hearing about it all the time. The second reason is that I had a relapse and stopped running for the past two weeks.
There are many reasons why I stopped running. I would offer excuses, but it would just cheapen my lack of action. Plus it doesn't change the fact that I am way behind schedule in my training.
Armed with the knowledge that I am way behind schedule, I decided to confess to YEM that I am thinking of backing out of the run. I did give her the myriad of excuses. I offered to stand on the sidelines to hold her purse, just like I used to do with my friends at the high school dances. I told her that it will take me over an hour to finish, and that I was afraid that all the other children who are running will point at me and laugh. Between the two of us I came to the following conclusions:
1. I am running more now than I was a year ago, so I have made progress.
2. The other children won't be pointing at me and laughing because they will be too far ahead of me and will be home before I cross the finish line.
3. I have never run a 5K before. It doesn't matter how long it will take me to cross the finish line, whatever time it takes me to complete it will still be a personal best.
I have to do this because I am worried that if I just stand on the sideline and hold YEM's purse, she will punish me by putting a 25 pound weight in her purse and tell me not to set it on the ground. Ok, YEM isn't that mean, she actually is very encouraging without making me feel guilty and does not engage in negative reinforcement.
But YEM did convince me yet again that it does not have to be a good run, it does not have to be a pretty run, it just has to be a run. YEM also reminded me that I have told all my friends and everyone in the blog-o-sphere that I am doing this. I have to do it as a matter of pride and honour, I have to do this to save face.
But ultimately when it comes right down to it, I am still going to do it for me.
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My heart is bursting with emotion! Yippeee!
YEM
p.s. I don't own a purse. But I would buy one just for you to hold.
...didn't get a registration message from you yesterday ...
http://www.events.runningroom.com/hm/
You want the Kitchener/Waterloo run on January 1st. Registration is almost SOLD OUT, so get on it! And if you wait to register and it's sold out, you get to run it without a bib number and without getting the cool race jacket and without an official time. (We call that 'dealing in advance with objections'.)
:->
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