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Tag: Motivation
July 19, 2013
Running Comic by The Oatmeal!
I just had an emotional experience reading a webcomic. Almost every Friday, Mark Remy publishes “The List” on his blog at RunnersWorld.com with a set of topics that saavy runners will be talking about over the weekend. On this weeks list was a link to a webcomic by The Onion’s author Matthes Inman called “The Terrible & Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances.” The comic is beautiful, haunting, funny, brutally honest, and motivating. It’s six web pages that I am reading over and over again. There are a few moments that I really liked: I immediately related to[…continue reading]
July 16, 2013
…Or Bust?
In a post from about a month ago, I declared I was going to run Berlin Or Bust! After a tough month of reality checks, my goal of running the Berlin Marathon in September seems pretty far away. The worst part is I think I might be okay with that… If I was following my training schedule for Berlin, I would have needed to do 23km Sunday night. I didn’t run at all. I feel quite guilty about it, of course! But I also have a slight sense of relief. I’ve been so obsessed with schedules and miles for so[…continue reading]
June 8, 2013
Temptation and Progress?
I can see it’s going to be a constant fight for motivation this season. I think I’m winning so far, but it’s a long 114 days until the Berlin Marathon (not that I’m counting…). I hope I can keep my motivation up that long. At the same time, it’s ONLY 114 days until the Berlin Marathon and I have a lot of training to accomplish in that rather short amount of time! On my drive home on Tuesday, I saw someone carrying two or three pizza boxes. And immediately I wanted to taste pizza. The gooey cheese… the greasy crust. The warm, oily[…continue reading]
