Posted by sjb on September 17, 2002, at 13:35:41
In reply to Re: working.out.blues, posted by wsj on September 17, 2002, at 11:18:33
I agree with Audrey. Your last statement is "all or nothing" thinking and perhaps some denial thrown in there as well. Neither are helpful at this point.
Listen, I've had a lot of set backs but still have goals in racing from the 5K to ultramarathoning. However, I may have to re-evaluate these goals depending on how things go. I think, for all of us, our mental health is the most important thing we should be focusing on right now.
I don't think any of us know now what the short and long term effects are from the medication we take and have taken, but here we are. Our jobs are to make the most of it.
Let me clarify: I didn't say that you must lower your long-term goals, just your short term goals, like what can you do today? I assure you that walking and/or hiking for a substantial amount of time is preferable to slogging through a bad running spell of 5 minutes and then quitting for the day in disgust.
I speak from experience. I have a run marathons and ultra marathons of 50K, 50 and 100 miles. I come back much faster when I manage to do SOMETHING. Another thing that helps is doing more weight lifting, stretching, etc at the gym when your running's not going well.
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