First of all, greetings to the couple of peeps that followed Teh LooMoo's link to my page. I hope that you didn't run screaming at all my crappy writing. Maybe one day, I can actually learn to create coherent sentences and paragraphs.
This morning on the way to work I was listening the NPR (because I am a geek) and they had a story about Massachusetts politics. As most everyone knows, Sen Ted Kennedy is battling brain cancer right now and he is planning on stepping down in the near future. The problem is with the laws of succession in Mass. According to the story, in 2004 Mass had a Republican governor. This is when John Kerry (I hope that is right) was running for President. In order to make sure that no republican would be appointed prior to a special election, the Mass legislature changed the law so that no one would be in office from the point of resignation until a special election is held 5 months later.
Now, they have a democratic govoner, and Sen Kennedy does not want their seat to be emplty for 5 months. You just gotta love politics!
Anyway, since I am probably the only one that finds that funny, I will move on.
I am desperately seeking a fresh start to my running and this is my plan. For the last 2 months, I have been "running" around 2.8-3.0 miles at a 14:30 pace. I am such a speed demon. I have been obsessed with getting in the distance and then eventually working on getting faster. Well folk(s), I ain't working.
My new idea/plan/far-fetched bullshit is to cut the idea of mileage, pace etc completely out of my head. I will run 15 minutes out and then back. Pace will be as fast as I can go without reaching the puke threshold. I am allowing myself walk breaks as needed. My goal is to be running the entire 30 minutes in 30 days at a 12:00/mile pace.
Yesterday I ran 2:08 miles in 30:00. Today, nada.
(Full disclosure: I am really neither a democrat nor a republican since I think they are all crooks)
A little bookkeeping
1 week ago
Hahahaha! It's kinda sad how, in this country, people think if you make a comment about a Dem, you must be a wingnut Republican; and if you say something about a Republican, you must be a d*ckless Democrat. The law of excluded middles (and excluded fringes, too) applies to American politics, for some reason.
ReplyDeleteAnyroad, that said, w/r/to yer running plan:
Sounds, to me, like a plan! Pace, distance - pffttt! - who cares! That stuff will take care of itself if you plug away. Don't get caught up in it. It'll end up eating you alive.
Then you'll end up a Sad, Lonely, Bitter and Horny Moose, like some people I could name but won't because hey I'm nothing if not a class act.
Confidential to L. Moose: I wasn't talking about you. I was referring to some other moose.
Thanks G. Even tho I have been running off and on for the last 4 years, I am still freakin clueless.
ReplyDeleteI need validation!!!
Then again, validation from Glaven....hmmmm
Needle: Everytime I see that poor Ted kennedy on tv I start doing the worst accent ever and I keep it up ALL DAY LONG. I'm mature like that.
ReplyDeleteYour plan sounds good. And now that you've written it down and put it out there on the innerwebs you'll be more likely to stick with it...or face heckling by me and Glaven.
But wait, Glaven might have just called me sad, lonely, bitter and horny, so I probably shouldn't align mysel with that guy. 'Cause I'm really only one of those things.
Bitter, in case you were wondering. I'm very, very bitter.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I figured that you were horney, sorry I mean bitter moose.
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