tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737587279120391681.post9141475596396819123..comments2015-11-05T15:38:56.416-06:00Comments on Rocket City Marathon Training: Cotton Row 2010Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12349682601677809433noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737587279120391681.post-689075241052839012010-06-01T12:44:14.493-05:002010-06-01T12:44:14.493-05:00Great job Eric. I was really impressed with the 5K...Great job Eric. I was really impressed with the 5K and 10K pacing.<br />My friend Brad got me to run the Cotton Row this year (it was his first) I ran it in 2005. I knew it was not a PR run. Yet you ran a PR. Congratulations.<br /><br />I kind of consider the Cotton Row an experience. it is great just to be there with a couple thousand of your best friends. That being said, I would have liked to run a little faster.rundanrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957690083045857193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737587279120391681.post-71496287326937558982010-06-01T08:56:56.740-05:002010-06-01T08:56:56.740-05:00Eric, great job again. I know as runners we're...Eric, great job again. I know as runners we're never satisfied with performances, but as an outsider (at the moment) I can say congratulations!mgreenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582445561214816380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737587279120391681.post-77241659273844771492010-06-01T07:08:34.952-05:002010-06-01T07:08:34.952-05:00Do we ever really know what our best is until afte...Do we ever really know what our best is until after the fact?? It "always" feels like there was more to give AFTER I've caught my breath, and managed to hold in my breakfast, after pushing through the finish line...but at the time my feet were pounding the pavement, I THOUGHT I was doing all I could do---or I would have done more. Right? <br /><br />Why can't we encourage ourselves the way we encourage other people?? How can someone like you look at me running the 10K in 1:18:23 and say (I believe sincerely) "You did great", but look in the mirror after running a PR 10K (just a month after a KILLER marathon, with very little preparation, on a beast of a course) and call yourself lazy for not running it faster?? I do the same thing so I'm really asking you the question hoping to gain insight into myself.<br /><br />What kind of reaction do you have on the inside when someone looks at you and says "GREAT JOB!!!" Do you, like me, wince and think "no, it wasn't....it was pathetic"? Do you mentally run through all the things you did wrong? All the things you need to do in the future? When you reach a goal do you take it in and enjoy it, or do you just quickly set the bar a little (or a lot) higher for next time? Will there ever be a "good enough"??<br /><br />Thanks for, once again, making me think.<br /><br />:DDanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729198392505371070noreply@blogger.com