Looking for some inspiration, I found a journal entry from 2004. I still like it.

Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
"It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and ( Read more... )

Back to PNF for a second. She wasn't saying "don't have a time goal". I probably didn't write enough about what she said. It was a great talk and I wish everyone could hear it ( Read more... )

As a reminder, both to myself and also to my Ironman-bound friends: A little refresher on WWPNFD. ( What Would Paula Newby-Fraser Do? )

I like to write affirmations on index cards and have them in my transition and special needs bags. I am currently reading this book, which I bought after hearing the author speak. Very charismatic, very inspiring. He autographed it for me and I am making his words one of my affirmations for Ironman Coeur d'Alene ( Read more... )

Move confidently in the direction of your dreams.

"The problem with technology is it can get you away from your own barometer. Why not figure out during training how it feels to go at a hard but sustainable pace, then aim to replicate that feeling on marathon day?"

-Alan Culpepper New York Times

I chatted with Gilbert for a little while after my workout this morning. Just before I drove off, he yelled, "Good luck, girl! You're so tough!" I think I will write that on an index card and take it to Park City.

( 10x800 )

Coming to the table to play is more important than winning.
- unknown

Here's hoping that I run my slowest half-marathon EVER tomorrow. And here's hoping that you meet your goals, too, whatever they may be!

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face... You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

Eleanor Roosevelt in You Learn By Living

Frankly, my days of setting PR's are numbered. That's not pessimistic, that's just realistic. (I'm talking running races here, not Ironman. I still have plenty to figure out and improve on at Ironman.)

Almost every half marathon I've done since 1995, I had the same finish time. That's bizarre, especially if you compare Motive to 3M. I think ( Read more... )