am) 13 miles with a fartlek structured as 30" on/ 1' off/ 30" on/ 1' off/ 1:30 on/ 3:00 off. The 'on' efforts were 5k-10k/ the 'offs' were jogging. Then a 20:00 tempo uphill finish. I felt amazing on this run after resting yesterday.
pm) 5 miles of recovery jogging. I held back completely and just relaxed. Never hard breathing.
I posted a rant earlier today about the fact that the coach I want to hire hasn't returned my e-mail from Monday or my phone call from yesterday. I really don't like posting negative stuff and after I took a few breaths I deleted it. Within minutes of my posting it however- I got an anonymous comment saying that I have done the same thing. I'm fairly certain I have never blown off an athlete that I have been talking to about coaching and promised to coach them. Because it was an anonymous comment I have no reason to apologize because I won't apologize unless I'm wrong. If I am wrong I have no problem making my amends but the word of an anonymous commenter means nothing (of course it means "so little" that I'm posting about it! Maybe I am a hypocrite!?).
This is certainly an action of mine that I will be aware of in the future.. so thanks "coach" and Nancy Reagan! Hell, maybe it IS her?
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Not sure I should comment on this but ... I try to tell myself this when I feel wronged by what appears to be inconsiderate actions of others ...
... a woman is at a airport, awaiting her flight. She buys a bag of cookies at an airport store and then heads up to the sitting area to read her book and wait for her flight. She starts to read ...
A man sits near her in the crowded sitting area. They exchange a glance, smile and go back to business. She reads, and has a cookie from her bag. She is a bit dismayed to see the man sitting next to her then smile at her and reach into her bag of cookies and take one! She is so shocked, she does not know what to say - and so she says nothing. She pretends not to notice, and continues to read. She has another cookie, and almost as if on cue, the man also reaches into the bag and has one too!
How rude! She shoots the man a tough look, but he just smiles at her and TAKES another cookie. She is infuriated but is so aghast by his rudeness, she says NOTHING.
This continues until they come to the last cookie. The man looks at her, smiles ... reaches down takes the cookie and breaks it in half and eats "his" half.
She is infuriated but her flight boarding is called. She takes solace in that she can finally escape this rude man. She settles into her seat on the plane, takes her book from her purse and looks into her purse. There is her bag of cookies.
The entire time she was eating the man's cookies ...
The point ... I don't know. Maybe this coach has not gotten back to you because something else has happened in their life ...
Not trying to preach here - - because I am often pissed about what cookies I don't have myself ... although I realize it is coming across that way
... and anonymous comments suck.
That's awesome GZ.. hilarious!
Yes- I struggle to not be impatient and judgmental. I'm certainly not perfect. I will wait to have a cookie..
Thanks GZ.
Yea I think if you posted that rant officially and left it, you would probably get a call in another day or two that your coach was diagnosed with cancer and is in the hospital getting immediate chemo. Its Karma.
Better to wait until you know for sure, then you can unload on the beotch if need be. :)
oooo, damn Brett! Now I'm REALLY glad I deleted the rant! I'll certainly watch my fingers from now on.. karma's for real..
so sorry i missed the rant, i'm sure it was good! fwiw, i did read something on facebook about "somebody" having to answer 80 (athlete?)emails....
as for kathleen, if she wants the name of my chiro guy, i can pass it on. he has done wonders for my jacked up hips/psoas/pelvis...
Damn GZ, you hit that one out of the park. I too am a prick about these things sometimes. There is though, some point in which a professional interaction becomes unprofessional. If you have had some sort of verbal/written contract then you should be able to reasonably assume that timely comunication is in order. If the coach has indeed been "hit by a bus" then this should be made known within a week or so. If not, and no other communication has been replied to. It's time to move on.
Kerrie- You hear something similar every time I open my mouth.
80 e-mails? Wow.. I don't see how a coach could possibly provide any quality communication?
You posted that at 10:41pm last night.. so you can type and ride the trainer too? You are talented..
Brfoot- I'm guessing that I'm just being too impatient. When I open my eyes and think about it- I don't think that the coach's response time is inappropriate. I'm dying to get started with him and want it NOW... me me me me me.. it's all about me. It's only been a couple of days.
I really do want a cookie though!
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