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Waiting for demotivation

During our track workout on Wednesday night, Coyote prompted this topic... what happens if we lose our motivation? It could fizzle couldn't it? Other, less time-consuming, less strenuous things fizzle, right? Of course, in my "exhausted-from-two-days-in-a-row-riding-with-the-men-at-lunch" state, I had no brain cells for a serious answer; I was 100% focussed on just how many sprint intervals I could get in before Pegasissie found out about the rides...3. Musing over this later though, I felt like we should blog this. It's part of the runner psyche. It's human nature, too. It's our condition to question and to ponder.

One reason I'm blogging this is, so that later, if we become demotivated and abandon our training, we'll be able to look back and find this seed. Since my current ID state of being is unable to fathom such a leap, I want to write it down, just in case, the trickster has the last laugh.

While we're waiting (for demotivation), here are some pebbles in my stream of consciousness: what are we supposed to set as our long term goals (i.e. post r'n'r)? How many marathons should we do in a year? is it possible to be "marathon-ready" all the time and just run one whenever you feel like it? How much faster can we get? is Boston-qual within reach for all of us, given our committments to the training? Is there a Paula-spirit in Pegassie and a Dean K-spirit in Coyote? I agree with Pegasissie that if one of us gets injured, it'll be tougher. But given our dedication during the past winter, we have some overcome a lot already (eg. now we don't even think about rainy day cancellations :) And what about Coyote's comment that those that winter on the couch are maybe smarter than us... is this the correct balance of activity/passivity to keep you bouncy all summer for the optimal number of summers overall?

posted by Iron Dayle @ 9:51 PM