tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479457949185336396.post178965367453183945..comments2023-10-23T16:50:21.264-04:00Comments on Creating Momentum!: CJRRC Hangover 5k Run, Westfield, NJ. 1/1/14 (Higher Mileage Goal, and Running Orthotics Free) Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461768444249790468noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479457949185336396.post-13932169429235834462014-01-02T17:18:39.384-05:002014-01-02T17:18:39.384-05:00What a wonderful well thought out comment! Thank y...What a wonderful well thought out comment! Thank you Nick for reading and posting about my race report :)Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461768444249790468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479457949185336396.post-74202827332188316762014-01-02T12:35:05.350-05:002014-01-02T12:35:05.350-05:00Nice race and thanks for the report. One of the b...Nice race and thanks for the report. One of the benefits of racing frequently is the personalities you come across- Mr. Unsolicited Advice, Mr. Social Butterfly, and the Kicker. Great observations on all. I've always felt the Social Butterfly (or even Talkers in general) tend to annoy me more when I'm struggling and not having a great race. Nice advice too on the Kicker about putting enough distance (if you can) between yourself and him/her so that it doesn't come down to a kick. While warming up yesterday for my race, I saw someone who had Kicked me in the final stretch of that same race the previous year. During the race in the back of my mind, I knew I couldn't let him be too close to outkick me at the end. So when I passed him a little after Mile 1, I made sure to put in a bit of a surge to get some distance, and that ended up pretty much being the difference between second and first.<br /><br />Agreed too on music- I know I've read that, in general, elite runners tend to associate with their running rather than dissociate with things like music. There is enough to pay attention to with yourself, your pace, how you're feeling, etc., not to mention your competition, from which music may distract. Mr. Bitter is forgiven since he was running a 24-hour race (that ended up being 100 miles) on a 400-meter track, and his competition was the American record for 100 miles.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421620169272146042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479457949185336396.post-35107337039461520352014-01-01T23:48:42.483-05:002014-01-01T23:48:42.483-05:00LOL. Thank you.
But even though I wrote it, it...LOL. Thank you. <br /><br />But even though I wrote it, it is not an absolutely true statement. Lot of people who take their racing seriously listen to music at certain points if it is allowed. I should (and will) edit that to say "This is why many serious racers do not race with music." <br /><br />I do believe, for myself at the very least, that I can't hear details about what is going on behind me if I am running with music. However, there are plenty of times music may be appropriate... like in a stretch of a race where you are just focused on your own pace and it doesnt matter what is happening around you. (I am thinking about an interview I read with Zach Bitters who said he used music when he set his new 100 America Record on a track in Dec. So it would a bit over-broad for me to imply that if someone listens to music while racing they are not serious. However, I do think that there are many serious racer who do choose to forego music b/c they want to hear what is going on around them in their race Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461768444249790468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479457949185336396.post-31409189752970219312014-01-01T23:26:56.740-05:002014-01-01T23:26:56.740-05:00"And this is why serious racers do not race w..."And this is why serious racers do not race with music."<br /><br />Thank you. Seriously, no snark, no joking, no sarcasm on my part.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com