Well, I spent the weekend with family in Dallas. Sometimes, your real life interferes with your workout life - which is the way that it should be. I did no running, no exercise of any kind, and ate — not too much, but still a lot of food. The best laid plans of mice and men, and all that rot.
Tomorrow, I make up my long run from the weekend. I’ll do my race-pace run on Tuesday instead of my speedwork. Or possibly with a few fartleks thrown in for good measure.
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I'm Richard Stanford, a fit, happy runner. Of course, that wasn't always the case. Dip into the archives to follow my progress from couch potato to sub-four hour marathoner.
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| Distance | Race | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marathon | 2006 Freescale | 3:54:07 | 8:56 |
| 20 Miles | 2006 RunTex | 3:00:08 | 9:00 |
| 30K | 2005 RunTex | 2:42:44 | 8:45 |
| Half M | 2006 3M | 1:42:57 | 7:51 |
| 20K | 2005 Decker | 1:40:42 | 8:06 |
| 10 Miles | 2005 Pervasive | 1:20:13 | 8:01 |
| 10K | 2005 Dublin Dr Pepper | 48:43 | 7:51 |
| 5 Miles | 2005 Turkey Trot | 37:01 | 7:24 |
| 5K | 2005 Margarita Run | 22:32 | 7:15 |
| 4K | 2006 Fila Relays | 17:24 | 7:15 |
| 1 Mile | 2006 Congress Ave | 6:23 | 6:23 |
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| Runner | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|
| George W. Bush | 3:44:52 | 8:35 |
| John Edwards | 3:30:18 | 8:01 |
| Carrie Sapp | 3:29:06 | 7:59 |
| Boston Qualifier | 3:10:59 | 7:17 |
| Lance Armstrong | 2:59:36 | 6:51 |
| Gilbert Tuhabonye | 2:23:07 | 5:28 |
| Paula Radcliffe | 2:15:25 | 5:10 |
| Paul Tegat | 2:04:55 | 4:46 |
Sep 20th 2004
8:09 AM
food and family - much better than exercise.
Sep 20th 2004
9:34 AM
I wouldn’t say “better” necessarily. Family is more important in the short term (not at the expense of taking care of yourself in general, but skipping a workout isn’t that big a deal). And food - food’s just not that important, beyond the basics.
When I was up with my mother, I did notice one interesting thing. She’d made some pancakes, and there were really more than we needed. I was offered more than I wanted several times, and felt no issues with just saying that I didn’t really want any more, thank you. That was good. It did bother me just a little bit that there was an undertone of “don’t waste food” going along though… not a huge deal, just something that stood out.
Sep 20th 2004
11:43 AM
Probably a good sign when you can not run and not let it drive you crazy. I have a friend (not Aaron) who admits his first marriage ended because he placed priority for running over everything else in his life!