The Mysterious Dark Arts (Page 2)

You love to run, you love to run, you love to run!

But if you want to take this month off, it's cool with me :P

FYI:  Barb (runningjayhawk) is back and on my team this month.  She loves to bike, you love to run, I love to swim.

Joining the challenges were definitely a start, it sort of forced me to at least try running.  Probably the main thing was to change my attitude about it

Someone much wiser than me challenged me to quit telling myself that I couldn't do it and that I hated it and to just do it, funny thing happened, I started to learn to appreciate the good things about running

Some of the other things were that I had to quit comparing myself to others from a speed and or distance perspective and just focus on the progress I was making from a personal standpoint.

And the final ingrediant for me was to take it slow, just like I would never expect someone could swim a mile if they had never swam before, I should expect myself to run like the wind when this is a new disicpline

The walk/run approach has really worked for me - I've built to the point during the last 7 months or so that I can actually run 6 miles without walking, but I took it very slowly

I hope this helps

Bill!

I love to run, I love to run, I love to run!

ps

Take a month off?  I think not..............in fact

Oh, I'll bring it. Don't worry.

Ooooh, Bill has a talking shark.  LOL

I cant say no to Phil... jump in... will get the details up when I get to work but just assume you are here! 

I was thinking the same thing about being on a team with you!

Yup yup yup! How awesome? I realised how many people I HADNT been on a team with!

Yaaaaay!!!!

So, do we have any html experts on the team?

I like it a little bit better than the Fighting Okra Corn Shark.

oh yeah... this one is kind of cute!

shark and cute in the same sentence, somehow I wonder if that's what he was going for

Definatley not me...and Im guessing not you??? 

Dee isnt on a team.. maybe we could adopt her?

oh, btw I finalized my goal for the month

5 hrs

I know that's still pretty wimpy, but I still have a lot of 'life happens' potential this month

I so agree with you on that one. 

she might be willing to help us out in a pinch - of course she might be inclined to sit back and watch the fun if I decide to give it another try

Hi Kendra!

Or is she not on a team because of too much werk?  If so, she might not have time.  We could always try and give it a try with her instructions.

Hi Beth.

How are things?

they seem to be settling

- no more boxes!!!! woo hooo!

I LOVE the team name!! Ultra cool!!!

I'm a 35 year old female from Northwest Louisiana, training for my very first full marathon. I started sprint tris in 2006 and took a bit of a hiatus in 2007 after completing my first half marathon. Got the itch to start back to training and now am looking at accomplishing a life goal for this marathon. Will be attempting the White Rock Marathon in Dallas in December.

Someone talked about loving running. I fell in love with running after my half, but lost the love a bit, hence the hiatus. Now I'm trying to find the love again....where is the love, ya'll, where is the love, the love? (sorry, Black Eye Pea moment)

I have to count my mileage for the month, but it should be around 70 I think?

Anyway, I have to catch up on all the posts....you guys seem to know each other. I look forward to being a part of a cool team. I'm really excited!!