slow but steady
Did a run in the cold today. Slow, but steady. Loved it. Feel great. Even did a few sprints today too.
The great and tough thing about running is that you do not stop! As a tennis player growing up and through college, then into adult play, you get breaks in tennis….between points, on changeovers. In triathlon, in running, you do not stop. Of course, nothing prevents you from stopping. You can, but you are not supposed to stop. That is what makes triathlon and triathletes so amazing is the endurance. Granted, tennis is not easy either. I have hit bucket and grocery cart after grocery cart full of tennis balls. That was and is my favorite part about tennis – the drilling, the workout. Sure playing and hitting incredible shots feels great, and I have wowed a few crowds (all be them small) in my day, but the drilling is the workout, the exercise, the endorphin-producing high.
I still have that goal of a half marathon in 2011. Not sure with all that is going on as I aim to defend my dissertation this summer and then may even make a job change, but I will continue to train, run, swim, lift… whatever I can do. Gotta do it. Love it. Need it…. for survival.
That is also what is great about running…. you can travel anywhere and still run. Tough to bike because not easy to carry around; tough to swim if there is no pool or adequate sized pool. But running, you just step out and go.
If I could train full time for triathlon, hire David Glover as my coach, and race and train – that would be awesome. I do not have the means to do this as I support my family with my work, but that would be such fun, and great hard work. If you can do it, do it! I never had aspirations of being a professional tennis player…. not really. However, after doing triathlon, if I could have done this instead, I would have. That would be a great, but tough, full time job and then some!
