BEEN THERE and SCARED OF THAT?
Something new and challenging to prove to yourself: “I can do this” or at least “This seriously won’t kill me?” You probably had a touch or FOF too. . . Fear Of Failure.
ATTENTION NON-RUNNER PEEPS
My story has to do with running, but I promise it’s not Runner’s World propaganda. It’s just a love story with added blisters and lots of sweat.
RUNNING 101
I took inventory of the situation and the only two things I knew about running 13.1 miles: It was freaking far and would probably require some cursing.
My Research:
1) Asked my new BFR (Best Runner Friend) “What finish time I should shoot for?” Note: She gave me a crazy low number and said: “just keep it under this, and you’ll be fine.” FINE?
2) Committed to memory commonly used curse words.
3) Installed PaceKeeper App on my phone. This little app that would let me know “how I was doing” at keeping my magical marker for success: PACE. I would later rename this the “PaceReaper.”