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Friday Sep 19, 2008
You only hear what you want to...
...the above phrase is something I have heard (mainly) the women in my life say many times in a number of different variations, 'you only see what you want to see' and so on. I think this is otherwise known as selective hearing, perhaps you only hear certain bits or in the case of the males in my life they only hear what they want to hear. This selective hearing thing is something I have really taken to heart when it comes to my training schedule for the Royal Parks Half Marathon. In particular I've found I'm pretty good at selective reading. So the 'manual' says the following:
The book says, 'eat a balanced diet' I read, eat anything you want, you are in training so why not, actually the more chocolate and chips the better.
The website told me to, 'run at a steady pace and speed up slowly'. I interpret this to mean run slowly, it's more important to get through it than to do it in a distant time.
My friend told me to, 'make sure you rest in between runs to eliminate chances of injury', surely their saying not to train very much.
The guidelines say, 'make sure you drink plenty of water', I prefer just drink plenty.
My point is despite all the advice I've heard and my training plans best efforts I've had to ditch it all as I'm simply not taking it in. With only three weeks to go panic is beginning to set in...
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