When I say that I run my longer runs at a slower pace and you ask what that pace was and I reply that I ran 11 – 12 minute pace, …
I am not putting anyone down whose pace this is. A run is still a run no matter what the pace. This was my pace when I started running. This is no longer my pace. My average run pace now is about 10 to 10 1/2 depending on the day. If I’m pushing it, I can go faster. Also why did you ask if you didn’t want to hear.
When you talk about the “Marathon” that I just ran and I correct you that it was only a Half Marathon, ...
I do need to correct you because I do NOT want to take credit for something I didn’t do. When I ran my full marathon, I took credit. I owned it, but I don’t want to claim something that I didn’t do any other day.
When I order french toast instead of an egg white omelet at breakfast because I’m carb loading, …
probably shouldn’t be eating it either. There are probably healthy ways to carb load, but french toast is my weakness. Besides the way I look at it, the benefit of running all over town is to be able to eat the french toast if I want.
When you ask how far I ran today and I say that I only ran 5 miles causing you to roll your eyes, …
I am not trying to sound all uppity. I am saying only because that tends to me my normal run when I have time. So my average run mileage is about 5 miles.
When you ask why I’m running a 5K and I say that I want to run a shorter race for time, …
I am not putting anyone down whose goal race is the 5K. It is no longer my goal race. My favorite race of choice at this time, I would say is a half marathon. There is a big difference between how I would pace myself for a 5K as to a half marathon. I might even say that since my goal in a 5K is time, I might even be pushing myself harder.
When I share my runs on Facebook, Instagram, or any other place, …
it is not because I am bragging. It is because I have many friends who are also runners. We like to share. We like to see what we are all doing. We like to cheer each other on. We are a strange group, but we love to do this. If for some reason these posts bother you, please feel free to hide me or even delete me because this is who I am and this is what I love.
I also know that these things do not bother my real friends as they know how hard I work for the things that I do. These things do not come easy to me. I push and then I push some more.
Have you seen the eye rolling?
I get that it might appear that I am bragging, but I’m not. Am I proud of what I’m doing? You bet.
Should it bother you that I’m doing it? I don’t think so.
You do what makes you happy and I will do what makes me happy.
The Accidentally Running Mama 