As I noodle through my own possibilities for the new year, I begin to consider a slight shift in the way I go about training. I am a believer in (and beneficiary of)fate--you know, the whole "things-happen-for-a-reason," deal. Like most who enjoy observing and memebership in the community of runners, I have a subscription to Runner's World magazine, and it ofetn arrives in mailbox just when I need the article, insihgt or inspiration necessary to get me through the week. The writing of John Bingham often resonate with me. In the latest issue, John discusses how he changed his training as he moved into his "middle" years, by adding a run-walk mentality to his training in an effort to extend his running years. Perhaps as important is that he mused about how he is not the runner now that he was in the past, but that does not mean he can't be a "runner" in the future.
Accepting this realization on a personal level is much easier said than done. Given my moderate "success" (as illustrated by regularly finsihing in the top 40% locally--pretty good, I think), and the aches and pains that come with the miles, I realize that a change is probably in order. The change I'm thinking about, beyond shiftin my own expectatiosn arounfd fnsihgin place, is looking at whether I shoudl continue to train with a dsiatnec and pace in mind or begin looking at a duration, instead.
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