Comments on: Lowered Expectations

By: The Cliff « RunWestchester

The Cliff « RunWestchester — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:01:55 +0000

[...] Achilles tendon suddenly acted up. After about a quarter, I pulled over to the left. (Afterward, Robert told me he passed me here; he ran wonderfully, getting a nice PR.) Try again, still [...]

By: Robert James Reese

Robert James Reese — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:53:05 +0000

Wow, good memory. Thank you for digging that one up, it was a really good reminder of the attitude I need to run with today.

But, no, I didn’t get the Ghostbusters reference. That movie is on the long list of movies that everyone else but me has seen…

By: carpeviam

carpeviam — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:44:13 +0000

Just enjoy it. You have 11 more months to hit a sub-1:25 half. You don’t need to check it off the list yet. ;)

By: Joe Garland

Joe Garland — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:25:19 +0000

Remember this?: “I actually came very close to quitting running because of some extremely disappointing times up at The Armory in the mile. It was humilating for me at the time because I was so caught up in the idea of being a fast runner and when I realized that I wasn’t nearly as fast as I wanted to be (or thought I was), I had this whole feeling like, “Why should I even bother? I’m never going to win these races. I’m never going to come close. I should just give up.” But then, it hit me, it’s not about the time that you get when you finish, it’s about how much you enjoy the run.”

Boy, that was a long time, and many miles, and many fine races, ago.

As with me, tomorrow’ll be what tomorrow’ll be.

And did you get my “Ghostbusters” reference?

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:22:15 +0000

Good luck tomorrow, Robert! And remember — Central Park is never an easy course, even on a good day.

By: Robert James Reese

Robert James Reese — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:42:38 +0000

Thanks Flo and Ewen for the words of encouragement. We’ll see what happens…

By: Ewen

Ewen — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:54:02 +0000

Hope it goes well. I’ll take a guess that 6:36 pace will be fine and you’ll run 86:20 :)

By: Flo

Flo — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:04:58 +0000

Good luck! Have a great race, tired legs and all.

By: Robert James Reese

Robert James Reese — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:45:38 +0000

Luckily there’s enough other crazy runners out here that we have some good winter races. Your rest will probably be good in helping you stay focused on Boston, though.

By: Robert James Reese

Robert James Reese — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:44:16 +0000

Hahaha, I’ve never heard of anyone going for a personal worst before. Good luck, I guess?