Who Needs to Think When Your Feet Just Go?

I have to confess that not a whole lot of thought went into the title for this entry. Oh, alot of thought went into thinking about a new title. I wanted something reflective of my new training goals. Some have been used by others (Believe) some more about what I wanted to find in myself (Fire). But on Wednesday, running some fast 5k mile repeats on the treadmill, "Genius of Love" by the Tom Tom Club qeued up on my ipod and you know how you don't always listen to the music that's playing? Well, I started to hear the rap "Who needs to think when your feet just go" and it was like a lightbulb. That's it! That's my title.

And, actually, thinking less is something I need to work on this cycle. I don't like to feel like I could have gone faster after I cross the finish line. That's not the time to have those thoughts. If I think I can go faster, I should just run faster. I need to stop analyzing my pace every mile that I'm racing, because inevitably it causes me to slow down. I'm plagued with thoughts of bonking. So, one of my goals is to think less and go for it.

My second internal goal is to believe in myself. I have the ability to keep improving, but for whatever reason I tend to put the brakes on. I set goals that are too conservative. Goals that I know I can make. I'm afraid to vocalize a "secret" goal, for fear that I won't make it. So, this cycle, I am going to express goals that are going to be challanging, and yes, even difficult to accomplish. Maybe I'll be successful, maybe not, but even if I'm not, what's the worst that can happen? My friends can't tell the difference between a 4:39 marathon and a 4:20 marathon anyway. Heck, they think I'm nuts for running a marathon in the first place!

I'm going to run a fall marathon. Most likely, it will be the Columbus Marathon on October 21. But in the unlikely event that I get into the New York City Marathon, then I'll run that on November 4. Certainly I won't run both! And then, there's still the possibility that Freddie won't even audition for the school musical which would open up the weekend of November 16-18 and I could run the Philly Marathon with Scott's cousin Jim (and Linda who I run the More with in March). So, the details are up in the air, but training will most likely start June 25.

Here are my time goals. No secrets.

Marathon: 4:20
Half-Marathon: 2:05
10k: < :54
4 miles < :35
5k: 25:xx