Comments on: What a Week! http://www.msrunner.com/2008/05/10/what-a-week/ Running While Battling Foot Blisters, Leg Cramps, Black Toe Nails - and MS Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:29:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Dave http://www.msrunner.com/2008/05/10/what-a-week/#comment-160 Dave Mon, 12 May 2008 01:07:16 +0000 http://www.msrunner.com/2008/05/10/what-a-week/#comment-160 Thanks Corey. I also keep feeling the pressure to do well, but it's only brought on by myself. No one else is saying that I need to run harder or run faster. It's just me, and I do think that I need some time away from the intense training that happens with training for a marathon. I will still run, and I think I will actually do a couple of half marathons this summer/fall. Thanks again for the support and good luck to you also. Thanks Corey. I also keep feeling the pressure to do well, but it’s only brought on by myself. No one else is saying that I need to run harder or run faster. It’s just me, and I do think that I need some time away from the intense training that happens with training for a marathon. I will still run, and I think I will actually do a couple of half marathons this summer/fall. Thanks again for the support and good luck to you also.

]]> By: cyberpenguin http://www.msrunner.com/2008/05/10/what-a-week/#comment-159 cyberpenguin Sun, 11 May 2008 21:15:16 +0000 http://www.msrunner.com/2008/05/10/what-a-week/#comment-159 Hi Dave, Congrats on your son's engagement & your daughter's college graduation! Regarding your running, I hope things go better for you. This isn't meant to sound mean-spirited, but your "I suck" comment made me laugh because it's delivery was so blatantly honest & real. And because I can relate so much to how you feel! I was having those moments during my training where I felt so pressured -- pressured to run, pressured to blog, etc., etc. Of course, all of it was my own damn fault -- as it was totally self-propelled! Maybe it'd help to do a cross-training activity to take your mind off running. Or just say, "the heck with it!" & allow yourself to run without a stopwatch or any other external/internal pressures/reminders, to help you remember why you really run & why you enjoy running in the first place. Even though it put me behind the eight ball (& I gained a few pounds in the process! Oops!), taking a hiatus might've been the best thing I could do to re-energize my running & give me back that perspective I so desperately needed. It's good that you're getting a massage. That'll definitely help you relax & unwind. Hope you have a good week! -C Hi Dave,

Congrats on your son’s engagement & your daughter’s college graduation!

Regarding your running, I hope things go better for you. This isn’t meant to sound mean-spirited, but your “I suck” comment made me laugh because it’s delivery was so blatantly honest & real. And because I can relate so much to how you feel! I was having those moments during my training where I felt so pressured — pressured to run, pressured to blog, etc., etc. Of course, all of it was my own damn fault — as it was totally self-propelled!

Maybe it’d help to do a cross-training activity to take your mind off running. Or just say, “the heck with it!” & allow yourself to run without a stopwatch or any other external/internal pressures/reminders, to help you remember why you really run & why you enjoy running in the first place.

Even though it put me behind the eight ball (& I gained a few pounds in the process! Oops!), taking a hiatus might’ve been the best thing I could do to re-energize my running & give me back that perspective I so desperately needed.

It’s good that you’re getting a massage. That’ll definitely help you relax & unwind.

Hope you have a good week!
-C

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