Thousand Miles to Salamanca

narcissistic

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I've been thinking lately of shutting down this page. Although the original intent was to hold myself accountable, after reading some other fitness type blogs I wonder if the idea of blogging and running should be filed under narcissism. It's a fair question and probably explains why I don't really do it that often anymore.

But as I was flipping through this thing tonight, it seems it's been more therapeutic than anything. And, lately, I've only been doing it when I feel the urge. It gets me writing again, if only for a couple minutes now and then.

I feel as if I'm as accountable as I want to be at this stage, so the accountability need has been met. However, sometimes, it's good to put goals out there. And if I truly had some right now, I would write them down. But for the first time in a long time, I don't really have any short-term goals. I wonder if I've become fulfilled with this aspect of my life?

Probably not. I still haven't figured out how to negative-split a marathon. Although I'm telling myself I've "retired" from that distance, I still want a piece of it. Especially after watching friends figure it out. The shorter distance goals are still on the agenda I guess, but that'd be down the road.

Ok. So even though I still have some goals, they're not on the forefront of my mind anymore. In fact, in all honesty, I don't care too much about them. What I seem to enjoy most lately are days like yesterday where I actually *got up* in time to meet the group, finished a 21-miler (and enjoyed it) and went to coffee with cool, interesting people.

To update my vast following of readers (Dad, Greg, this means you), the training seems to be going well. Have been consistently building the mileage and topped off close to 60 this last week. Hope to have two to three at around this mileage before I drop back down. The weather here in Texas has been bi-polar, but perfect for running nonetheless. After hearing from you Yankees out there, I can't complain a bit.

Anyway, things are good these days. I can't really complain. I'm looking forward to more days on a schedule. Speaking of, better get to bed. And if I don't post before Tuesday, Merry Christmas!!

posted by Gray @ 8:45 PM