Frenzied Daddy

I was talking to Pat yesterday and we were talking about the C25K program (which he’s finished and is working on the B210K). I told him that sometimes at the end of a week’s set of workouts, it was difficult to decide whether to move on to the next week or do the week over and get more confident at it. He replied that he had been reading (the trainer for Steve PreFontaine) and that coach had said something about working at your competence, not necessarily at your confidence.

That’s true for running, for your career, pretty much for anything that you’re levelling up at. It was inspiring as I burned through today’s run, the last run for week 4, and I ran harder during it than I probably should have. Finished it, though. I can tell that I was running harder than usual because when the podcast lady (Laura) came on and said “if you’re exhausted, just slow down a bit and but keep running” – I actually could slow down. When I was running before I was reading John Bingham, “the penguin” who allegedly had a slower running speed than his walking speed, so usually “slow down a little” doesn’t mean anything.

Here’s another quote for you: http://quittingadderall.com/running-with-bruce-lee-quote/

It’s the eighth time that Miss B has been sent to summer camp. Well, overnight camp at this particular camp- she had a few years of Zoo Camp and the like, day camps. And it’s Miss K’s first year sleeping at camp. We’ve gone and made them go the same week.

And in my opinion, the weather’s been unkind. Not hot, that was one extreme; so, no, it hasn’t been 100+ degrees. Miss B played in the water all that week, when it happened. Also the camp is under old growth trees and is pretty shady. It’s been cool, about 70 degrees and damp. It rained yesterday, it looks like rain today. It’s supposed to be mid-70s and only partly cloudy by Friday, and Saturday morning their camp is over.

I’m probably worrying too much. Miss B spent a lot of time building up expectations in Miss K’s mind, and I expect them to be unmet. It’s hard to sleep outside by the river when it’s raining on you. But Miss K is pretty resilient. On the other hand, she can be pretty rigid when she expects something to be a certain way. But no calls or anything yet, and it’s half through already.

The house is quiet without them. Still.