Well there's nothing like a little affirmation to prove you're not paranoid.
Last nights run was in the middle of our second major snowfall of the year. I couldn't believe how many people made it out. I couldn't believe how hard it was to run in it. I couldn't believe how slow I ran and I didn't care one bit. Just being out there was a victory, however I'm paying for it a bit today...parts of me ache from the extra effort of pushing through loose snow
It's been nice having 2 good feeling runs back to back...it seems like it's all been coming up negative. I think it helped having a talk with the instructor last night. While it didn't make me feel good (the attitude is totally if you can't keep up with the designated pace groups TS) it made me feel less like a paranoid freak.
The concession has been made that I can know the route ahead of time so I'm happy, I might end up having more people join my mid pack group as the distances grow longer...we'll have to wait and see though. I did think it was rather odd though that the answer to what happens if I can't keep up with the pace group I'm in and I have to drop back was stop on route and wait for the next group to catch up.
Yeah...that's so not going to happen in winter for me, sorry. I'll freeze solid and have a miserable run. So the apparent answer is to not ever take another clinic by this particular teacher...which I'm cool with. I don't like elitist attitudes and mindsets and that seems to be the way this ones being run. Thank god I can dump it in January.
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