I love your race reports. I too, had a good race last weekend! And funny how my 30-mile time was also 6:31 (Born to Run in Los Olivos)! Of course my run was much less technical than yours! I love the three rules. Any time another person's opinion clashes with mine, I'm reminded of this quote, "The people that matter don't mind and the people that mind don't matter." Great job with your race! And good luck with Miwok!
As always, well-crafted and relevant. I too had a great result Saturday at the Roanoke Marathon in my age group so it is a pleasant coincidence to share that with you. Cheers to you. And though this is the wrong platform I will say this gently, what-ever is unfolding in Durango (I spent time as a teenager skiing at Wolf Creek Pass in the late 70's before so I am somewhat familiar with San Juans close by) it would be worse on your soul if you stood idly by. Retiring principles is never going to sit well with thinking people and as a considerate and moral person you have to find solace that doing the right thing is not always easy. So anyway, back to me... (segue joke to make you laugh) the perplexing thing to me this past weekend in Roanoke is it started as a workup for a 25K at UROC, a forthcoming race in my area of the world, and a trail race (my preference) rather than a road race. In my playbook I followed similar mantra you shared this week to help thing flow, plus I remembered a few nuggets from your book. to smile at aid stations and profusely thank the volunteers. Your book is still a benchmark for "goodness" and is the best in class for new and established trail running knowledge. FACT! BTW, a small backdrop, I moonlight in Footwear part-time, train people, so I am positioned to extol the virtues of the wisdom of SLS when I wear a Green Vest at REI. Still staying away from the Mickeys Wide-mouths but not the color green apparently...MN
I love your race reports. I too, had a good race last weekend! And funny how my 30-mile time was also 6:31 (Born to Run in Los Olivos)! Of course my run was much less technical than yours! I love the three rules. Any time another person's opinion clashes with mine, I'm reminded of this quote, "The people that matter don't mind and the people that mind don't matter." Great job with your race! And good luck with Miwok!
thanks so much John! I have heard great things about the Born to Run fest & hope you had a great time.
As always, well-crafted and relevant. I too had a great result Saturday at the Roanoke Marathon in my age group so it is a pleasant coincidence to share that with you. Cheers to you. And though this is the wrong platform I will say this gently, what-ever is unfolding in Durango (I spent time as a teenager skiing at Wolf Creek Pass in the late 70's before so I am somewhat familiar with San Juans close by) it would be worse on your soul if you stood idly by. Retiring principles is never going to sit well with thinking people and as a considerate and moral person you have to find solace that doing the right thing is not always easy. So anyway, back to me... (segue joke to make you laugh) the perplexing thing to me this past weekend in Roanoke is it started as a workup for a 25K at UROC, a forthcoming race in my area of the world, and a trail race (my preference) rather than a road race. In my playbook I followed similar mantra you shared this week to help thing flow, plus I remembered a few nuggets from your book. to smile at aid stations and profusely thank the volunteers. Your book is still a benchmark for "goodness" and is the best in class for new and established trail running knowledge. FACT! BTW, a small backdrop, I moonlight in Footwear part-time, train people, so I am positioned to extol the virtues of the wisdom of SLS when I wear a Green Vest at REI. Still staying away from the Mickeys Wide-mouths but not the color green apparently...MN
Thank you so much, your comment makes my morning :-).