Becoming Timberman

Last night, a friend of mine was talking about how he had a 1 mile time trial run today later that evening. This guy is a rock star amateur who runs faster than I can ever imagine running. He probably ran more miles last year than I have, ever. And yet here he was, fretting about a 1 mile run!

In my usual way, I tried to reassure him and make light of the situation, but later in the pool I was thinking (which is why I need my swimsense, too busy to count yards) that just because I know he’s a rock star and he has some inkling that he is (he was chosen for an elite amateur team this year) he still frets about his 1 mile runs. And as I ‘m thinking “So why does he worry about a single mile run?”, he’s so fast, and he doesn’t have to do that, a single mile is so easy for him.

But that’s when it hit me; it’s all that hard work he does to get to that point that makes him the rock star he is, even focusing on a single 1 mile run. It’s an attitude I can definitely stand to bring more of to my own training. There’s so much inspiration and motivation out there, I hope you’re finding yours today.

Notes:

- I’ll hopefully have some donation total updates for everyone tomorrow, but I do have a couple more big pieces of news for the raffle:

Jabra, who have recently launched a line of sport headphones (of which I am reviewing the bluetooth model), has donated a pair of their earphones as a raffle prize.

Coach Troy, who is the head of the coaching that I get is more well known for his other project, the Spinervals brand of cycling training DVDs. Coach Troy was kind enough to donate 4 DVDs and let me pick them out. I picked out 3 of their ”On the Road” series, including the rides on the Lake Placid and Wisconsin IM courses, and their Flexible Warrior 1.0 Yoga for triathletes.