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Why I Have a Running Rival

  • Kerrie

I have a “runemy.” She’s shorter, she’s lighter and she has more running talent than me.

She also is a total jerk. Talks crap about me all. the. time. Says I’m too fat, too slow and too old to beat her. And we’re in the same age group!

I don’t like her. And I’m going to kick her ass. Because I will work harder than she will. I will work smarter. And I will beat her.

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She’s my race rival. A “runemy,” I call her. But she’s not real. She only exists in my mind.

It seems sort of silly when I write it down here, but without her, I would most likely sleep in a lot. She keeps me going…knowing she’s out there talking shit.

Do you have a “runemy”? f you don’t, I suggest you get one. If only to have when you need a little extra motivation. Make one up. Can you give her a face and a name?

Mine’s name jerk face. And her face looks like a jerk.

She helped me get my run done this morning, though. I had a speed play run and guess what?

NAILED IT…except I was supposed to do it tomorrow, not today. Oh well.

I did 5 min at slow pace, 5 min at easy pace and then 3x(2 min at a 5Kish pace, 2 min at slow pace), then 5 min at slow pace again.

I was really supposed to do a foundation run today. Guess that’ll be tomorrow.

Afterward, I took the dog for a 15 minute walk. I noticed that I get very impatient immediately after a run lately. Not sure what that’s all about. The walk helped mellow me out, and I had a nice morning getting my son ready for school, and getting me ready for work.

After work, I came home and busted out a Metabolic Effect circuit. Made it 5.75 rounds in 20 minutes with 12-pound dumbbells:

12 squats with rows

12 chest presses with a crunch

12 squats with curls

12 squats with side arm raises

Today, I was listening to Jill Coleman on The Fitcast podcast, and someone asked about metabolic circuits and strength training and she said you need both. So I don’t have to stop lifting heavy! My regular lifting workouts will be my strength base and the ME circuits will be like the icing on the cake.

Someone sent in a question for that episode that sounded like it could’ve been me. It went sort of like this: I’ve been wanting to train for another marathon, but I’ve worked hard to get lean. Can I keep a leaner physique while training for a marathon?

I mean…did I write that and forget that I sent it in?

Jill basically said yes, but that it’s harder to keep your nutrition in check when you run more. Hashtag: runger.

After my son got home this afternoon, he went to a friend’s house to play badminton. It was gorgeous outside, so I went for a walk…but forgot my sunglasses.

nosunglassesface

Do you ever walk?

Are you going to try having a running rival?

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4 comments
  1. Tiina says:
    May 15, 2015 at 9:41 am

    My friend and I have an arch enemy. Her name is Patrice. I have no idea if that is actually her name. She’s a girl that does the group cycle rides with us and we have made it our mission to be better than her. It’s a fun game that we play, but it works. (Side note, Patrice is actually really nice which makes the whole thing funnier)

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    1. Kerrie T. says:
      May 21, 2015 at 7:45 am

      I don’t know why, but the name Patrice just makes me giggle. Too funny!

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  2. Joy says:
    May 16, 2015 at 8:43 pm

    Kerrie, you always crack me up. I’m so glad you’re writing more.
    Thanks for putting it out there that walking is totally acceptable. I will be walking a half tomorrow because I kinda forgot to train for it and I will admit some stress and regret on that fact (wwork has been soooooo busy this winter! and let’s not talk about how much a non-driving high schooler will dominate your time…). I hear ya on the impatience thing too, I think that’s why I go grocery shopping before I go home from my weekend runs. Whatever works, right?

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    1. Kerrie T. says:
      May 21, 2015 at 7:45 am

      Right! How did your half go? I walked a half once with a couple of new friends and had a blast! Hope it was great!

      Reply

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