October Peach Challenge (Page 10)

Leanne - Congrats on your half marathon!!  I read some of the race reports for Baltimore and it sounded pretty interesting.  I'm wondering if I could get up to half marathon status next year and maybe try it myself.  We'll see.

 I'm in a funk and its not good.   Last night, my running training plan called for increasing my running, decreasing my walking and I kept telling myself I couldn't do it.  I have no idea why!  Anyway, despite the negative self talk, I went out and did my run.   Then this morning, the plan was to go swimming but I started telling myself I couldn't swim and that I was going to drown or something.  Of course I went and swam and I didn't drown.  I also realized that in the past month, I've become quite a bit faster at swimming than I was previously. 

You can build up for a half-mary for next year, go for it!  Focusing on a goal for next year is fantastic!

Negative self-talk....uggg, it's tough to deal with.  Sometimes if I dont want to train I tell myself, "look at all of the people that would love to be able just to walk around the block and can't.  You are lucky enough to be able to run, don't waste it." 

4.7 mile run in this morning to stay peachy for the month!

Todd

Do you think you have a problem?

Nope, I know I have a problem!

Well I think it's cantagious! HELP

One positive about negative self talk...you continually end up surprising yourself when you find out that you were wrong. I do it all the time. It's something I try to remember when I'm talking myself down. I say to myself "Remember when I said this last time..well I was wrong so lets just see how it goes!" It usually works.

I'm off to get my peach with my run now.

Thanks for the comments about negative self-talk.  I am trying to push it out.

 I went to my physical therapy appt this morning for an hour of grueling leg work.  After work it is running time!  

 Now the question to ask ourselves is do we have an unhealthy addiction to peaches?

Let's I brought in 2 peaches to eat at the office, bought peach yogurt yesterday, and woke up 10 minutes earlier than planned just to strecth so I would start the day with a peach yesterday morning.  Would that be an "unhealthy addiction"?  Oh and what about this color font???

20 mile bike in this morning.   Getting darker every morning, still two and a half weeks until daylight savings kicks in and gets sunrise back to 6am local time. 

Todd

30 min bike and 1 mile walk yesterday. Got a 2 mile run and something else (not sure yet) on the agenda for today.

Totally Peachy here.

I'm actually enjoying my shorter stuff and building speed, although you already have that department nailed down! Consentrating on changing body comp as well.  I'm loving not being on a plan at the moment....during IM training I was on an 8 month plan....being shceduled for that long was too hard.  IM 09 training is going to be different for me.  To avoid the blues....focus on short term goals