{"id":157,"date":"2016-01-10T15:04:22","date_gmt":"2016-01-10T20:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=157"},"modified":"2016-01-10T15:08:05","modified_gmt":"2016-01-10T20:08:05","slug":"dopey-challenge-day-4-mickeys-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=157","title":{"rendered":"Dopey Challenge Day 4 \u2013 Mickey’s Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

They really ought to call this a different dwarf’s challenge — today it was far more appropriate for me to call it the Sleepy Challenge!\u00a0 Man, I was just physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausted today.\u00a0 Not sure if it was the toll of four super early starts or something grander but I struggled mightily in the back half of today’s marathon.\u00a0 I’m trying to rationalize the clock time and chaotically worse split times that I was stopping for photos but realistically, I just had a bad clock day.\u00a0 But I had a good time from the experience standpoint.\u00a0 Got some great photos to be sure, and I owe a debt of thanks to fellow Team Pizza Racer runner Nick Tarvin (who was also a photo stop aficionado!).\u00a0 Nick pulled me through many a mile today. I eventually had to tell him (over his many objections) to take off and finish strong as he was looking great and I was looking, well, not. An Iron Man through and through — congrats to him on his PR and thanks to him for his help out there.<\/p>\n

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Which brings up a quick “blog” post topic.\u00a0 Egads, I can’t believe I’m using the phrase “blog.”\u00a0 Is that still a thing?\u00a0 Do people still call them blogs?\u00a0 I kinda hate the term.\u00a0 Not sure why but it just seems so… meh.\u00a0 Far from literary and artistic or insightful that analysis but cut me some slack — I just finished my fourth race in four days and I’m struggling still!<\/p>\n

So anyway, the aforementioned topic for today.\u00a0 Sometimes it’s great to run with somebody else.\u00a0 They can inspire and motivate you when you’re struggling.\u00a0 But it’s also okay to “break up the band” if one of you is having a better or worse day.\u00a0 I often want to run with my brother but I know he sometimes feels like he’s holding me back from my preferred pace.\u00a0 I hope he knows that the days I’m lucky enough to run with him, I’m usually less concerned with my clock time and more concerned about his and our shared experience.\u00a0 But I also get that there are times when you don’t want anybody around and you just need to be alone and grind out the miles.\u00a0 It’s a fine line but like any relationship, the key is communication — just be honest and say, “Hey!\u00a0 I really need you to stick with me for now” or “Hey! I really need to take off and do my own thing.”\u00a0 It’s nothing personal for\/against the other person.\u00a0 It’s personal for you — there are easier days and tougher days and you never quite know what the day is going to be until you’re in the thick of it.<\/p>\n

Besides struggling with the post-marathon-ness of today, I’m still not sure what I’m doing with this “blog.”\u00a0 Is it a motivational thing?\u00a0 A confessional?\u00a0 Some weird pseudo-diary?\u00a0 An attempt to document life on the road?\u00a0 I don’t know.\u00a0 Maybe I never will.\u00a0 But pondering the meaning of it, and life, is not a bad thing I suppose.\u00a0 Better to be thinking and considering than just floating through.\u00a0 Albeit don’t they say ignorance is bliss?<\/p>\n

Double egads.\u00a0 What a mess I am today!\u00a0 Advil, Diet Coke, and hopefully a good night’s sleep will win the day.\u00a0 Meantime, run on and here’s a few photos from today’s (mis)adventures in Disney World!<\/p>\n

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