Tangled up in blue

[namaste]

Finished my running class last night. It proved well worth the time and effort and money, because I do feel far stronger in my running, and ready to tackle something bigger. Like maybe the local half marathon in the spring. Yow.

Tonight, working at the Bob Dylan show. (Perks of volunteering with local music club, free music in exchange for ushering!)

Tomorrow, working at Los Straightjackets. If you haven't seen them before, five words: Surf rock, Mexican wrestling masks:

And finally, working the Verve Pipe kid's show on Saturday morning. Lots of music. Yay!

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[pwcorgigirl]

Yay! for you! The running class sounds awesome, and DYLAN! Who could beat that? :)

[namaste]

Dylan! Should be interesting. He's touring without an opening act. Just him (and band) for two hours.

At least this venue is a really, really good acoustics place. Last time he was in town, he played in the equivalent of an airplane hangar.

[taiga13]

Bob Dylan! How was the show?
That's great about the running class. TaigaSis got persuaded into running a relay when she'd never run before and that was it, she was hooked and now runs marathons all over the country.

[namaste]

The show was pretty good. Dylan had a hot band, and the acoustics helped a lot but still, yeah, hard to decipher. A lot of songs were "mumble, mumble, mumble, mum-just like a woman" at which point you'd go: "Oh, I guess I do know that one."

I took the running class because I was doing sprint triathlons this summer (which include a 5K run) and I was tired of always sucking and getting passed on the run. The focused training has really, really helped, to the point where I did a 5K a few weeks ago, and felt like I was just getting warmed up when it ended.

My niece, who is a marathoner, swears by her training group, so I decided to give it a try. I can't imagine ever getting to the marathon level, but the local half-marathon -- the Dexter-Ann Arbor run -- is quite the local event, and I've thought it would be good to do someday, and it seems like this may be the time to keep pushing and go for it.

[taiga13]

Yeah, it's no accident that the only Dylan CD I own is of other singers covering his songs.

[spicyride]

I'm so excited that your running class really worked!
This is really the only time of year I run, if you wanna call it that.
It's so dark when I get home, and the amount of time it takes to get dressed, put lights on my bike, etc- I'd be back from a good run.

Go for the half! I don't think a full is out of your realm; you just need to train for it if you want.

[namaste]

I've always found that having a target or a race or what have you is the best way for me to get motivated for day-to-day workouts when I'm feeling tired and/or lazy.

I was talking to a friend of mine, who (it turns out) trained for her first marathon with the running instructor I had when he was training for his first marathon, and I told her that I felt like I'd reached a certain level in terms of running comfort and ability just now, and that I feel like I could take it further with just a little more work. I'd really like to see how far that is, rather than risk losing some of what I've gained.

[namaste]

(Adding to my own thoughts here, but ...)

Maybe the way I feel about where I'm at in running now is where you felt when you were thinking about moving up a classification in racing?

[spicyride]

Yeah, that could be true. I can hang onto the back of those women, but to be competitive with them I would have to sacrifice a lot of time to train. I don't regret moving up though, I thought I did at one time. But after many talks with myself I prefer the challenge and bringing up the rear rather than not working as hard and taking top 5.
However, there are days I miss how relaxed Cat 2 is, no elite attitudes or cliques.