This Saturday we'll be running another 5K at Ga Tech (where I work!) It'll be a nice way to tour the campus, which has become infinitely more green than it used to be thanks to the efforts of our students and alumni. Here's the design for the T-shirt that we'll get! I'm looking forward to running around our campus with my former co-workers and some of my new co-workers. One of my coworkers asked, when I warned her that I was really slow and that my running partners typically smoke me when we run, "How do you deal with that? I get so frustrated when I can't run like I used to that I usually quit." And I totally see and feel that sometimes. But I have to do the cognitive bahavioral Guy Smiley talk and tell myself I'm proud that I'm doing it all. Because quitting is actually WORSE. Plus, sometimes it's just about doing it. Being there. In fact I wish I did more things like that.
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I agree! With the not doing anything feels worse. Than "merely" walking, for me. And hey, yeah, I'm only walking -- you're moving faster than that! Getting fitter faster!
I miss getting out there and walking when I'm working on these catalogs... Tho if I improved my time-management I'm sure I could squeeze walks in.
My thinking is "there's always someone faster." I get passed by tons of people every time we participate in a run event. I will never be a competitive runner, and I just don't care. The bottom line is I'm ahead of everyone who never bothered. I'm ahead of the part of me that wanted to sleep late or go out to eat instead of running. I'm running towards improved health and a longer life. No one else can be on my same path, so there's really no way to compare.
We are all kicking ass every time we get out there and try. Every speed is a winning speed in my book!
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