tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081872231855122210.post7190457604172477835..comments2024-03-19T02:13:10.045-05:00Comments on Out and About: Sensationalism and its lingering effectsemmers712http://www.blogger.com/profile/15865493476823978890noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081872231855122210.post-1765718977595724212017-05-15T12:41:46.923-05:002017-05-15T12:41:46.923-05:00Did you know that you can create short urls with A...Did you know that you can create short urls with <b><a href="http://shortener.syntaxlinks.com/r/AdFly" rel="nofollow">AdFly</a></b> and <b>earn cash from every visitor to</b> your short urls.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081872231855122210.post-62661627520432333282012-03-02T09:43:21.043-06:002012-03-02T09:43:21.043-06:00Thanks, Amy! You're right, just focus on our ...Thanks, Amy! You're right, just focus on our own goals - it's a new mantra I'm trying to instill. =)<br /><br />I can only imagine how hard it is for you to deal with your husband's deployment, period. Watching the news certainly doesn't help any of us that have a lot on our emotional plates! I hear you about Law & Order, too, especially SVU. Some of the story lines are so gruesome that I rarely watch it much anymore, myself.emmers712https://www.blogger.com/profile/15865493476823978890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081872231855122210.post-65584969408290141232012-03-01T19:32:53.935-06:002012-03-01T19:32:53.935-06:00It makes me sad to hear that you feel like you in ...It makes me sad to hear that you feel like you in the bottom 1% of runners! That is just so not the case! The comparison trap is one that we are all susceptible to. There is always someone faster or going farther or earning more miles per week. Just keep focusing on your goals. (Easier said than done, I know!)<br /><br />I also want to say that I completely agree with you about the news being bad, bad, bad. I have started to decrease the amount that I watch. I initially thought that the war coverage would freak me out with my husband being deployed, but it's actually the other stuff they talk about that I don't like. Things like murder, and kidnapping, and violence. Deployment is already a dark place without being inundated with that stuff. I've already stopped watching Law & Order (a favorite show of mine!) and now the news.*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081872231855122210.post-30240063580317122962012-02-29T20:29:11.906-06:002012-02-29T20:29:11.906-06:00Thank you for the pep talk, encouragement, and gre...Thank you for the pep talk, encouragement, and great perspective!<br /><br />Someone supposedly got a marathon in by 7:30 AM EST this morning, eh?!? I agree with you that it seems more plausible that they sat on their couch and shook their shoe like a Shake Weight. (If I knew that I was a Nielsen household, I would turn the TV on to PBS and then go on about my other business!) =D<br /><br />Regardless of pace, all of your 12-mile-plus training runs are incredible! Not to mention that you still go out and run on days when the temps are in the single digits. Your motivation is truly, truly amazing and it's awe-inspiring to see how much and how quickly your training has progressed!<br /><br />Happy birthday again yesterday, by the way - glad to hear that you had such a wonderful birthday!!!emmers712https://www.blogger.com/profile/15865493476823978890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081872231855122210.post-63046320475010469852012-02-29T19:20:16.755-06:002012-02-29T19:20:16.755-06:00Yes...keep in mind that slow runners (like me) don...Yes...keep in mind that slow runners (like me) don't speak up and blab their pace all over facebook and the Internet to see. And think of the number of people sitting on their butts doing zero running at all - they are not broadcasting this fact either...As I run and track my running with my Nike+ device, it shows me how I compare to others. It was extremely discouraging to me to see that in a challenge to get out there and run today for leap year, that before I got my 2 mile run in (by 7:30 am this morning), someone else had already run a marathon today. Now, seriously, did that happen? It could have, I suppose. Or perhaps they sat on the couch and shook their shoe just so that it would register that they did 26.2 miles before 7:30am today - LOL! I may never know the truth and it really doesn't matter. The fact is that I know that I was not going to run today, (since I did yesterday and I'm a firm believer in rest days), but b/c Nike challenged me to do it, so I did it!! So what that it was only 2 miles? It was 2 miles more than a lot of people did...and 2 miles more than I ran the entire year of 2010...that's what you should be comparing to...your own PRs are what is important and just getting out there and running at all. :)MJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08471299405434732911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081872231855122210.post-58291271315876422782012-02-29T17:21:50.156-06:002012-02-29T17:21:50.156-06:00Very well said. Thanks for understanding.
For su...Very well said. Thanks for understanding.<br /><br />For sure, what is significant to one runner is not to another. I guess I just feel like I'm almost always on the wrong end of that - that what is so significant to me is nothing to most runners, you know? But I know that the ability to run, period, is a blessing, and I should be grateful for that. Just need to keep reminding myself.<br /><br />I think your fast is *incredibly* fast. =) I really admire how hard you work!emmers712https://www.blogger.com/profile/15865493476823978890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081872231855122210.post-69981829423385955852012-02-29T16:44:54.419-06:002012-02-29T16:44:54.419-06:00Ugh, that is why I do not really pay much attentio...Ugh, that is why I do not really pay much attention to the news, and take anything I see with a grain of salt. <br /><br />When you say what is significant to one person is not to another, you have to remember that what is significant to one runner is not to another. We are all on our own journey!<br /><br />BUT! I do know it is hard not to compare. I think the forums get a bit more vicious so I avoid those. And when anyone has a particularly braggy post I might ignore it too. I do realize though that I will never be fast like some people, and I am okay with that! I might get fast "for me" but my fast is many't "slow."kilaxhttp://www.ilaxstudio.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com