the crowd reacts with a raised brow
first things first: 3.25 miles at 10:20 pace steady. felt good, dare i say a little easy. began to hit my stride as the run ended. need that extra energy for a big mtg tomorrow tho.
i broke down and spilled the beans to a few peeps around the water cooler about my 10k over the course of the last few days. hard to contain my excitement you know. wow the reactions were fascinating! some people reacted as though i signed up with intentions of actually WINNING the race. hehe. one reaction to my casual announcement went, "umm......really? (stares blankly).....did you know there is a big hill in that race?" another, "WHAT? are you trying to kill yourself?". i was never offended i just found the reactions to be quite fascinating. i began contemplating retorts like, "well i can run for about a mile non-stop right now so by april i think i should do pretty well". ha. i think some non-runners may be thinking a 10k is the same thing as 10 miles? beats me. pretty interesting nonetheless. i must look quite lazy. i've never delved into the whole motivation behind running a marathon (or a half?). it actually has nothing to do with losing weight. but thats a whole other entry that i will likely address far into the future. maybe not even until i finish the darn thing. these reactions and my motivations are somewhat connected though. that is all for now.
i broke down and spilled the beans to a few peeps around the water cooler about my 10k over the course of the last few days. hard to contain my excitement you know. wow the reactions were fascinating! some people reacted as though i signed up with intentions of actually WINNING the race. hehe. one reaction to my casual announcement went, "umm......really? (stares blankly).....did you know there is a big hill in that race?" another, "WHAT? are you trying to kill yourself?". i was never offended i just found the reactions to be quite fascinating. i began contemplating retorts like, "well i can run for about a mile non-stop right now so by april i think i should do pretty well". ha. i think some non-runners may be thinking a 10k is the same thing as 10 miles? beats me. pretty interesting nonetheless. i must look quite lazy. i've never delved into the whole motivation behind running a marathon (or a half?). it actually has nothing to do with losing weight. but thats a whole other entry that i will likely address far into the future. maybe not even until i finish the darn thing. these reactions and my motivations are somewhat connected though. that is all for now.
posted by brent at
10:41 PM
4 Comments:
I think when we non-runners express amazement at your runs, it's because we're imagining OURSELVES doing it! Or trying to do it... I would totally react the same way: "OMG, you're going to RUN for 10k? Don't you realize that's like - like - several MILES??" It doesn't seem humanly possible to me.
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M@rla, at 6:30 AM
When I actually got brave enough to tell one of my friends that I had started running, the first comment from her mouth was, "Don't you think you should lose some more weight first?" Hmmm ... isn't that like cleaning for the cleaning lady??
People are funny. Wierd-funny, mostly. :)
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Anonymous, at 1:37 PM
Good for you on the run! Keep it up, whatever the motivation:)
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Anonymous, at 6:23 PM
I am so habitually critical of my own running that I was surprised when I had similar experiences. The number of people who were completely amazed at 6 miles - all in a row! - was staggering. Most people claimed a mile would kill them. It's a broad spectrum.
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Mia Goddess, at 9:23 PM
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