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March 12, 2007
mismatch
Last Saturday was the 2nd annual Tipperary Hill 4 miler. I didn't run it because Saturday was also Big J's last hockey game of the season.
Here is a pic of my Deb, crossing the finish line in a green feather boa.
Here are her results:
314 (overall place)
33:49 (net time)
8:28 (avg per mile)
She is my hero. I don't think I could run an 8:30 mile ONCE, let alone four times over.
This brings me to another salient point: D and I are completely wrong as training partners. Not only does she have specific goals about finishing races (ie, now she wants to beat Kristen Armstrong in our next marathon), but she can ACHIEVE them. Me, my goals are 1) keeping healthy and 2) not collapsing at any finish lines. And so I get very nervous when she talks about training and etc because soon she will be so far beyond my own abilities that it will be silly for us to run together, except so that I can chase her and that she can go for an easy run once in a while.
Runners out there: any advice about mismatched running partners? How bad is it that she continues to run my 11:00-minute miles week in and week out?
Posted by mryonker at March 12, 2007 03:25 PM
Comments
Okay, already. You CANNOT break up with me through your blog!! I would not even run if not for you - let's not forget the sedentary lifestyle that I practiced before we met. I LOVE our 11:00 minute miles. We MUST run together so that I can protect you from snow plows, and so that you can protect me from all that I fear - dogs, backfiring vehicles, cars driven by shouting teen rednecks, cats...
Posted by: deb at March 12, 2007 07:59 PM