Thought I’d be able to run more (it didn’t happen)

Cape Cod
Never seen Cape Cod from this angle before.
Cape Cod, MA
Cape Cod, MA

We make plans, right? Say we’re going on a trip. We plan our arrival and departure and a few (or more) scheduled activities. Business appointments and meals are a given. I also plan eight hours sleep each night. What’s left is what we can call discretionary time – for running, sightseeing, etc.

Five days at Disneyland Paris. One 12-minute run. How did that happen? How does any of it happen? For any of us?

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So I’m working on 2012 being the beginning of a running comeback

masters world championships
look closely in the lower left corner…2009

Working on a running comeback. Just another way to stay motivated. Six years ago, ran a 4:59.7 mile. Now it’s hard to comprehend anything close to five minutes. And at 53 no less.

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PS. Share a goal, ask questions, or tag along. Remember, this is the summer of no regrets…you remember….right?

Can you run a mile and be off by five seconds or less?

ski jumping
but I don’t have the first clue how to ski jump

Can set a time target (say 6:00, or 7:10) and run the mile and be off by five seconds or less. Bold claim? Yep. How? Why? Been running with a handheld stopwatch for about seven years.

I study cadence, stride length, breathing efforts, knee lift, arm pump, the presence of lactic acid and my tolerance of it…

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And just to be clear on focus

trash containers
it may sound like trash talk, but it’s not (Finland dumpster, 2009)

You’re here because you get it. You get that sustained motivation is rare, and you get that Mid Life Celebration has it. You also get that my blogging style has changed. And continues to change. But what you don’t see is the incredible consistent accuracy I can run the pace I project I’ll run….

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