You all know how I've been chasing the four-hour marathon since, well, forever. I was kicking my training's ass up until the Buckeye Half Marathon, and then procrastination took over. I've run a grand total of four times since the race. Now, I feel like my undergrad self, writing a 14-page essay the night before it's due.
My training no longer rewarded me enough to bother, and B.B. King sang, "The thrill is gone." And besides I already have a shiny new PR and it's taper time. My motivation cares not for the satisfaction of a job well done. It's time for a change.
The Marathon Mama hit the donkey square on the ass with her tale about the merits of extrinsic motivation. Sometimes those intrinsic rewards aren't enough to make you give a shit about your performance. I need more tangible motivation.
Here are 10 motivators for me to run under four hours at the Akron Marathon:
- There will be
bloodbeer - And I don't mean Michelob ULTRA
- ULTRA what, exactly, I don't know
- There also might be blood
- But that's not very motivating
- Totally going to eat some kick-ass food
- Last year, it was at Moe's
- Wouldn't mind a repeat
- Finally, finally, you can stop hearing about it
- I'm totally gonna buy me some Old Time records
What else you got?
8 comments:
You can buy something made of rubber in the rubber capital of the world!
10 days to go...enjoy your taper! :)
Ice cream and a martini, not necessarily together.
Sub 4 Advice: Just believe in yourself. Write it on your hand if you have to, but remember that first and foremost. YOU'VE GOT THIS!!!
A Diviti's sub. If you don't make it in under 4 then it's all mine!
Oh, or how about a relaxing post-race beer bath of Baltika, Zane Lamprey style? I would seriously do it for you - if you come in under 4. :-D
Hmm. I think 3 is such a cooler number than 4, don't you?
It's not like you're not going to run the thing, so what do you need motivation for? I bet you're chances of finishing under four would be greater if you ran the first half like you don't care about the time. Then you'll look at your watch/hear them call out your halfway time and you'll think, crap! I'm going to do this under four! Then you'll be motivated and pull out a 3:40 or something.
So yeah. Don't worry about being motivated now. Just relax and look forward to a fun slog.
Jeebus, who the hell am I to give marathon advice?
Beer - Check. Food - Check. Dancing Girls...
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