Hi y'all,
Remember the first of September? I did a thing...I signed up for the 50 MILE (not KM) month at I love to run. Just this past Sunday I hit that mark making it official: I DID IT & thus earned each and every viber of the medal that came with said challenge. Finishing the challenge soon spiraled into a full blown psychological mirror conversation on that spark, the one thing I need to get that feeling of wanting to run. And it is something like this:
Picture a bunch of guys boasting on the tracks, having fun and there's just a little of that guys-like 'I-dare-you' going on. I will trade you the world to stand with guys like that before a run. I love a good fun-loving and totally competative run. The kind of rivalry that's fun to be around and that makes not winning a personal win because it made you all the faster for it. I like a run where someone won't let go of me and just keeps running next to me to make sure I try my hardest without giving in to tiredness and/or any mental fight. I like a good challenge. Challenge me, lure me out of my shell, try me and I'll show you what I'm made off. Make me work for something I can be proud of and reward me with an awesome medal. Trust me, that will definately get me going.
So how do I work around currently not being part of an athletics club simply because I'm too busy to make it to training twice a week? Well I tried analizing myself and since I am aware of my need to prove myself (which basically is what it all boils down to) I rely heavily on any good real life run and to get me to train for these I sign up for challenges I can find online and about three years ago I stumbled upon I love to run (click and find out) and somehow I keep getting back to these challenges. In order for me to get my miles in I signed up for the one last month and it made me feel so good to actually tick the last mile and make it to 50 miles of running in one month. So decided to do another for October, however I kinda feel like I'm cheating now since I'm running a half marathon October 21st which means my long runs the next two weeks will be longer than usual so I kinda feel like this challenge isn't a real challenge and more like a given....Is that weird? Maybe but you know what? The thing with challenges is that sometimes I need to challenge myself and sometimes they work a lot better if I challenge others to outdo me (and when they do completely getting worked up about it LOL)
Basically I'm wired in two ways: the first one is the one where I find myself competing with others in a fun way, like with a bunch of guys trying to be faster than they give me credit for and outrunning them or myself, Comparing results, being in the top three of a leaderboard, staying there and making sure of that. I love it. Be it in the real world or an online group....It works for me. The second one is where I challenge myself to be better, do better and that usually comes with somekind of reward I think is worth all the effort. I need both of them to get me to where I want to be and this is where y'all come in...
This is my next goal after my half marathon October 21st: I want to run Egmond 10.5 km in 59 minutes January 13th 2019. This might seem completely doable but trust me anyone that ever ran that race will tell you it is hard. Not for the distance but for the circumstances...(beach more likely the lack of it, ocan tides, dunes, cold weather usually stormy...a real winter classic) and yet I have my mind set on running Egmond in 59 minutes. Trust me...a lot of work needs to be done if I want to make that goal. My current time on a 10k run is 01.09 and that means I have to scrape ten full minutes off of my current time. That is A LOT but you can help me. How? challenge me...lure me out of my comfort zone, make me an offer I can't refuse ...I just told you what makes me tick....can you ignite my spark? Let's see if you can make me....
That's it for now....I am definately keeping it unreal,,,,will you make it happen?
No limits, no regrets...
Until we read again, as always
Love Marlies
Remember the first of September? I did a thing...I signed up for the 50 MILE (not KM) month at I love to run. Just this past Sunday I hit that mark making it official: I DID IT & thus earned each and every viber of the medal that came with said challenge. Finishing the challenge soon spiraled into a full blown psychological mirror conversation on that spark, the one thing I need to get that feeling of wanting to run. And it is something like this:
Picture a bunch of guys boasting on the tracks, having fun and there's just a little of that guys-like 'I-dare-you' going on. I will trade you the world to stand with guys like that before a run. I love a good fun-loving and totally competative run. The kind of rivalry that's fun to be around and that makes not winning a personal win because it made you all the faster for it. I like a run where someone won't let go of me and just keeps running next to me to make sure I try my hardest without giving in to tiredness and/or any mental fight. I like a good challenge. Challenge me, lure me out of my shell, try me and I'll show you what I'm made off. Make me work for something I can be proud of and reward me with an awesome medal. Trust me, that will definately get me going.
So how do I work around currently not being part of an athletics club simply because I'm too busy to make it to training twice a week? Well I tried analizing myself and since I am aware of my need to prove myself (which basically is what it all boils down to) I rely heavily on any good real life run and to get me to train for these I sign up for challenges I can find online and about three years ago I stumbled upon I love to run (click and find out) and somehow I keep getting back to these challenges. In order for me to get my miles in I signed up for the one last month and it made me feel so good to actually tick the last mile and make it to 50 miles of running in one month. So decided to do another for October, however I kinda feel like I'm cheating now since I'm running a half marathon October 21st which means my long runs the next two weeks will be longer than usual so I kinda feel like this challenge isn't a real challenge and more like a given....Is that weird? Maybe but you know what? The thing with challenges is that sometimes I need to challenge myself and sometimes they work a lot better if I challenge others to outdo me (and when they do completely getting worked up about it LOL)
Basically I'm wired in two ways: the first one is the one where I find myself competing with others in a fun way, like with a bunch of guys trying to be faster than they give me credit for and outrunning them or myself, Comparing results, being in the top three of a leaderboard, staying there and making sure of that. I love it. Be it in the real world or an online group....It works for me. The second one is where I challenge myself to be better, do better and that usually comes with somekind of reward I think is worth all the effort. I need both of them to get me to where I want to be and this is where y'all come in...
This is my next goal after my half marathon October 21st: I want to run Egmond 10.5 km in 59 minutes January 13th 2019. This might seem completely doable but trust me anyone that ever ran that race will tell you it is hard. Not for the distance but for the circumstances...(beach more likely the lack of it, ocan tides, dunes, cold weather usually stormy...a real winter classic) and yet I have my mind set on running Egmond in 59 minutes. Trust me...a lot of work needs to be done if I want to make that goal. My current time on a 10k run is 01.09 and that means I have to scrape ten full minutes off of my current time. That is A LOT but you can help me. How? challenge me...lure me out of my comfort zone, make me an offer I can't refuse ...I just told you what makes me tick....can you ignite my spark? Let's see if you can make me....
That's it for now....I am definately keeping it unreal,,,,will you make it happen?
No limits, no regrets...
Until we read again, as always
Love Marlies
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