So. Entertain me here with a bit of a rant. When talking to someone out side your normal circle try not to use words like 'only', 'slow', 'fast'. And by this I mean don't compare yourself to others unless you're doing it within your circle for smack talk. Until recently I was one of those that compared myself to others, talked about slow I was compared to others, put myself down in front of those that were faster than me. I even had someone point at a coworker half my size and ask if I'd rather have their body. I've been reflecting a lot this month (having hard time getting back into training) and realized I like my busy! My body took me on a marathon, a whole lot of triathlons, not to mention about four half marathons, who can say that? It's a work in progress and I must love all progress....slow or fast!
As for my rant. I was in the stream room after my swim lady week and an older gentleman was asking about my swimming. How far I went that daddy, etc. I didn't want to say my 1000m was a short swim so I said I was testing my 1000m for an upcoming trace. We got into triathlon talking and, although he's blown out his knees and is limited to swimming, he's going to start upping how many Lengths he does. That I was am inspiration for him to do more. This is someone at least 20-30 years older than me. Me....I was an inspiration. Maybe it was the way I talked about my training, I could have been a number of things. Just remember...you never know who you will inspire. If you just change the wording slightly!! You could really have a difference on someone's life.
If you do marathons and someone is doing their first 5km...don't use only! Congratulate them! Sometimes it's embarrassing and hard to get out the door when you first start something. I don't know about the rest if you runners but anytime I see someone struggling I just want to high five then and keep going!
Happy training!
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