MY QUEST TO QUALIFY NOT JUST FOR THE OLYMPIC TRIALS BUT FOR THE 2016 OLYMPICS IN THE MARATHON (to do this I will need to halve my marathon time)
On I went, out of the wood, passing the man leading without knowing I was going to do so. Flip-flap, flip-flap, jog-trot, jog-trot, curnchslap-crunchslap, across the middle of a broad field again, rhythmically running in my greyhound effortless fashion, knowing I had won the race though it wasn't half over, won it if I wanted it, could go on for ten or fifteen or twenty miles if I had to and drop dead at the finish of it, which would be the same, in the end, as living an honest life like the governor wanted me to. -Alan Sillitoe, "Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner"
Monday, February 7, 2011
And the cycle continues...
Yeah, my real name is Theresa. Tracy is a nickname.
Oh I so wish to run this race. I just don't feel confident to sign up for another one until I can get over my injury cycle which is making me ever-loving freaking INSANE.
Addict! I'm foregoing my guaranteed entry this year in favor of getting faster and training better for next year (maybe). I would gladly give mine up somebody who needs it, but you know, lifetime disqualification...
So jealous...so jealous! I would love to run through charity, but have no clue which one to pick...
ReplyDeleteOh I so wish to run this race. I just don't feel confident to sign up for another one until I can get over my injury cycle which is making me ever-loving freaking INSANE.
ReplyDeleteAddict! I'm foregoing my guaranteed entry this year in favor of getting faster and training better for next year (maybe). I would gladly give mine up somebody who needs it, but you know, lifetime disqualification...
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