I thought that I might share a pre-run post this morning. I'm supposed to be doing 20 miles and I'm in a complete 'dither'. I can't decide where to run. I had fully intended to head to the Phoenix Park (mapped out and all) but, from what I am reading, Dublin is already in the throes of big preparations for the Queen's visit and I think I'll stay clear of that. So ... I'm back on-line revisiting my plans. I'll get my twenty miles in alright, but not sure where?
I recognise procrastination and paralysis when I see it. To be fair, it's not the running has me spinning slightly this morning. Ok. To quote Café-Java brother "Get a grip!"
In the meantime, here's a short poem that I came across in The Runner's Literary Companion. It's a simple idea, but it has helped in its own way with the long runs:
Strategy for a Marathon
by Marnie Muelle
I will start
when the gun goes off.
I will run
for five miles.
Feeling good,
I will run
to the tenth mile.
At the tenth
I will say,
"Only three more
to the halfway."
At the halfway mark,
13.1 miles,
I will know
fifteen is in reach.
At fifteen miles
I will say,
"You've run twenty before,
keep going."
At twenty
I will say,
"Run home."
park is actually ok at the moment - not sure how it will be next week. I need to get a tues and weds run in (short, but still) - other than the fact that there are more gardaí than I've ever seen in there (in 5 years precisely none, other than the mounted ones). Also your poem is a ditty, surely, not a poem!!
ReplyDeleteps unless there's better stuff in there, can I pass on borrowing The Runner's Literary Companion! ;)
ReplyDeleteOuch! The spirit of it is helpful. Form ... well .... I wouldn't compare it with Chaucer or Milton, but it gave me, shall we say, an approach. That said, most disappointing book. Glanced through it and left to one side.
ReplyDeleteagreed, sentiments spot on, I would have thought
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