bahahaha. i so needed this. i always think like “I WILL finish this race with xx time or xx goal” and then i add a hopefully at the end. oops.
k. i need to work on channeling. I WILL run AND FINISH this ultra. Before that I WILL confidently TRAIN for it! haha. okay. i need some practice but i also needed to hear this post.
loved your comment on my post. siblings really are the best:)
haha…yea, we’ll just have to stick a gu or powerbar into ur mouth right after ur goal so u can’t add anything else. 😉 jk.
awww, and yea, sibs are the best!
You are funny! yes, a rappers attitude….
In track, we used to sing a song to the tune of “I’m the King of Rock” it went like this…
“I’m the King of The Mile!!
There is none higher,
When I run by,
You call me Sire!!
…and I wont’ stop running until I retire.”
I totally agree with your post, and I remember the morning of my Boston Qualifier, and saying I hope to be done by 3:20, but I Knew I’d be done by 3:30, and then realized I was setting myself for failure, giving myself an “out”, and I needed to fully believe, and to ‘know’ that I could do a 3:20 as strongly as I believed in the 3:30. As it was, I finished in 3:20:00 exact, right on the button, and after ten years finally got my BQ. (I may just cry thinking about it.)
look at u busting out the lyrics!! awesome, but u kno that all-time BEST running song is cake’s ‘the distance’…just saying. 😉
glad u liked the post and ur story right there proves the point! believe in that 3:20 and let it be, baby!! how awesome that u pinned it right on the nose. 🙂
Oh, this is such a great post! I like the way you look at self-confidence and also draw attention to the negative side effect of becoming an ego-maniac. It’s all about balancing it!
I am not a self-confident person naturally so this post really made me smile – definitely scope for hitting a balance between the two extremes I think!
Nice post Arty Runnerchick!
…your phrase should be as short and to the point as can be;
Shake-and-Bake!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qEwBi1NyBI
oh my gosh, flashback to those commercials!! lol 😛
bahahaha. i so needed this. i always think like “I WILL finish this race with xx time or xx goal” and then i add a hopefully at the end. oops.
k. i need to work on channeling. I WILL run AND FINISH this ultra. Before that I WILL confidently TRAIN for it! haha. okay. i need some practice but i also needed to hear this post.
loved your comment on my post. siblings really are the best:)
haha…yea, we’ll just have to stick a gu or powerbar into ur mouth right after ur goal so u can’t add anything else. 😉 jk.
awww, and yea, sibs are the best!
You are funny! yes, a rappers attitude….
In track, we used to sing a song to the tune of “I’m the King of Rock” it went like this…
“I’m the King of The Mile!!
There is none higher,
When I run by,
You call me Sire!!
…and I wont’ stop running until I retire.”
I totally agree with your post, and I remember the morning of my Boston Qualifier, and saying I hope to be done by 3:20, but I Knew I’d be done by 3:30, and then realized I was setting myself for failure, giving myself an “out”, and I needed to fully believe, and to ‘know’ that I could do a 3:20 as strongly as I believed in the 3:30. As it was, I finished in 3:20:00 exact, right on the button, and after ten years finally got my BQ. (I may just cry thinking about it.)
look at u busting out the lyrics!! awesome, but u kno that all-time BEST running song is cake’s ‘the distance’…just saying. 😉
glad u liked the post and ur story right there proves the point! believe in that 3:20 and let it be, baby!! how awesome that u pinned it right on the nose. 🙂
Oh, this is such a great post! I like the way you look at self-confidence and also draw attention to the negative side effect of becoming an ego-maniac. It’s all about balancing it!
thanks meg and glad u agree! 🙂
I am not a self-confident person naturally so this post really made me smile – definitely scope for hitting a balance between the two extremes I think!
haha…yea, trust me self-confidence is something i think MOST women sort of need to keep on working on, it’s a journey. 🙂
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