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I've been quiet here.
You see, I normally use this blog to talk about my running. And, I've been injured for years. My running is a slow, dull plod. I want to talk about my marathons, and instead all I have is that I ran 5km without walking.
I have been struggling with feeling like a failure, because I'm not marathoning. I fell over on a training run in 2011. I put out some joints in my hips. I finished a marathon with a dislocated joint in my hips. I trained for a second one, where I failed due to excessive slowness. And I still felt like a failure.
But, really. Is being the world's slowest marathoner what I bring to the table? I've got a lot going for me, is marathoning the hill I want to die on? It's very gratifying being everyone's fit fat friend, but I can do that without running 42 km every so often. (That being said: Melbourne 2014. You're on!)
I've been quiet because I can't bring my running to the table. I'm more than that. I'll try to write more often. And I'm trying for 17km tomorrow.
You see, I normally use this blog to talk about my running. And, I've been injured for years. My running is a slow, dull plod. I want to talk about my marathons, and instead all I have is that I ran 5km without walking.
I have been struggling with feeling like a failure, because I'm not marathoning. I fell over on a training run in 2011. I put out some joints in my hips. I finished a marathon with a dislocated joint in my hips. I trained for a second one, where I failed due to excessive slowness. And I still felt like a failure.
But, really. Is being the world's slowest marathoner what I bring to the table? I've got a lot going for me, is marathoning the hill I want to die on? It's very gratifying being everyone's fit fat friend, but I can do that without running 42 km every so often. (That being said: Melbourne 2014. You're on!)
I've been quiet because I can't bring my running to the table. I'm more than that. I'll try to write more often. And I'm trying for 17km tomorrow.