Forgive Me, Bart, for I Have Sinned ~ by Mark Remy
This was written by my buddy Mark Remy and published on Runner’s World Online yesterday.
http://dailyviews.runnersworld.com/2009/08/forgive-me-bart-for-i-have-sinned.htm
It’s been 13 months since my last confession.
What is my sin? I didn’t run yesterday.
This wouldn’t be a huge deal, if I weren’t training for two fallmarathons. Which I am. The Marathon Challenge (Advanced) Plan that I’m following, designed by our very own Bart Yasso, is tough — it has me doing a hill run, a marathon pace run, and a long run each week, with just one rest day — but I’d been keeping up very well. Until yesterday.
Yesterday, I lapsed. Yesterday, I let Bart down. I let myselfdown.
It’s worth noting that I didn’t spend the day lying around in a robe, watching TV and eating powdered donuts. I did 3 1/2 hours’ worth of yard work, including a crazy amount of edging — using one of those old-school, low-tech edgers, not a fancy gas-powered one. By the time I was done, I was filthy, soaked in sweat, and dehydrated. This morning I woke up sore, feeling worse than I did after last weekend’s 14-miler.
So, at least I hurt. That counts for something, right? And yesterday’s run, while “long,” was a scale-back 10-miler — not 16 or 18 or anything — which made it more skippable, right? And I’ll do my penance on tomorrow’s 8-mile hill run. Right?
Either way, since misery loves company, I figured it was time to re-open the RW Daily Confessional. If you’ve committed a running-related sin recently, share it in the Comments section, below. Then go forth and run.
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My most recent running sins…
Sin 1: I sometimes run slow and with a low spf sunscreen just so I can get a really good tan.
Sin 2: I passed someone within 20 feet of the finish line more than once…and worse, they were in my age division.
Sin 3: I didn’t wear my Boston medal or race jacket or any other tell tale sign of the marathon at Logan airport when I left Beantown the day after the marathon.
Sin 4: I once got too excited and didn’t pace myself in a marathon and instead of a negative split, I positive split by 6 minutes! It hurt.
Sin 5:. I didn’t “listen to my body” and instead listened to my inner sofa spud and spent a whole week not running one step…and liked it immensely!
Sin 6: And perhaps the most grievous sin of all, I once (or twice, maybe more) DIDN’T CARBO-LOAD before a race and instead loaded up on sashimi and sushi…it was good!
I skipped my track workout this week
I skipped strength training last night…had greasy ribs and beans instead