This entry has an interesting title in light of the fact that I have no problem with running on a treadmill, which is exactly what the title cautions against, i.e., running in place.
So, why did I write this title?
Just the other day, I had a long conversation with a colleague about taking control of life and taking control of career. We have both reached the highest level of our careers in terms of the promotions we will ever get Neither one of us necessarily has high level administration within academia high on our list of future priorities. So, the question is, if we want to change what we are doing rather than just "keeping on keeping on" (i.e., running in place) what do we need to do?
Well, I think part of it is making a commitment to take control. If we think we will never gain control, we won't. That statement about thinking we can't do something and not being able to do it goes for just about anything in life. We just need to figure our what we need to do to take control?
Could it mean re-prioritizing? Almost certainly.
Could it mean a job change? Possibly. Sometimes people feel that is the only way to re-prioritize.
Could it mean just seeking and seizing new opportunities while finding a way to unload some unwanted responsibilities? If a person can do this, certainly. The key is whether, when, and how those new opportunities present themselves and how easy or difficult it is to unload old priorities.
My goal is to do the first and last of these as the first is pretty much required and the last allows maintaining some stability in life. I just hope to see it through.
As my body has forced me to get some extra sleep this week (it listened to my half marathon coach when he said this was a hard week more than my brain did), I have felt a bit better and begun to get some perspective on all this.
The possibilities when I am are endless. The key to my physical and spiritual well being moving ahead is to make good, well thought out choices rather than just jumping at anything that comes my way.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Riding on a (runner's) high
This morning I ran the fastest four miles in years. On the physical side, last year was about getting through a marathon and searching for meaning. I'm still searching for meaning, but I'm also now searching for a particular level of physical performance. So, running my fastest four miles in four years is a big deal. I ran it in under 28:00 (in other words in an average of less than 7 minutes per mile). I was no where near pushing myself to this level last year. Now that I am there, I'm feeling really good and do not think I am at risk of overuse injury as long as I take Fridays off after intense tempo workouts on Thursdays.
What does running 4 sub 7's get me in addition to a nice time to report? Definitely a runner's high. Since I tend to run it pretty constant (or with a little up incline every now and then or with a little kick up here and there to make sure that my four mile average is, indeed, below 7 minutes per mile), I am beginning to feel like a "well tuned machine". That is a great thing to have.
When I reach that point and can just do the running, I also begin to tap into the spiritual side. I begin to feel a sense of serenity and ease of running. I begin to feel that life and running are a gift from God. And I begin to explore what it all means. There truly is someplace other than the normal reality that I go when I am hitting these miles one after another in ways that I know are right. I use it as a time to ponder and a time to pray. I hope to be able to continue to experience this for quite some time.
What does running 4 sub 7's get me in addition to a nice time to report? Definitely a runner's high. Since I tend to run it pretty constant (or with a little up incline every now and then or with a little kick up here and there to make sure that my four mile average is, indeed, below 7 minutes per mile), I am beginning to feel like a "well tuned machine". That is a great thing to have.
When I reach that point and can just do the running, I also begin to tap into the spiritual side. I begin to feel a sense of serenity and ease of running. I begin to feel that life and running are a gift from God. And I begin to explore what it all means. There truly is someplace other than the normal reality that I go when I am hitting these miles one after another in ways that I know are right. I use it as a time to ponder and a time to pray. I hope to be able to continue to experience this for quite some time.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Running with a smile
Tonight was an awesome workout on the track. And I took my coach's advice. I ran with a smile. We ran six distances (400 meters/800/1200/1600/800/400). If you count full laps rather than the exact metric distances, I ran 1:36/3:34/4:55/6:36/3:02/1:18. I was blessed tonight.
I ran with the fast group and for three of the runs, I was out ahead. I made sure to learn several other runners' names tonight, commented on how hard many of my fellow runners worked, and just took the workout for what it was. Something that my body was made to do. It felt good. The pace (while faster than what I had planned on paper) felt right. I tried to be consistent on the longer runs.
So, I achieved physical well-being with laps that felt just right and I achieved a spiritual and social well-being of running with a group, encouraging others, getting positive feedback, and having a good time. I didn't need to "overthink" it (to quote my coach). I just needed to do what felt right and go with it. That is the way that my gifts are supposed to be used. It does not have to be overly complicated. It can be simple.
Most lessons in life and most things that God wants us to do are, in all reality, pretty simple. Now, I just have to take that lesson ahead with me. Be humble. Count my blessings. Continue to encourage and share with others. And thank God every day that I am able to run.
I ran with the fast group and for three of the runs, I was out ahead. I made sure to learn several other runners' names tonight, commented on how hard many of my fellow runners worked, and just took the workout for what it was. Something that my body was made to do. It felt good. The pace (while faster than what I had planned on paper) felt right. I tried to be consistent on the longer runs.
So, I achieved physical well-being with laps that felt just right and I achieved a spiritual and social well-being of running with a group, encouraging others, getting positive feedback, and having a good time. I didn't need to "overthink" it (to quote my coach). I just needed to do what felt right and go with it. That is the way that my gifts are supposed to be used. It does not have to be overly complicated. It can be simple.
Most lessons in life and most things that God wants us to do are, in all reality, pretty simple. Now, I just have to take that lesson ahead with me. Be humble. Count my blessings. Continue to encourage and share with others. And thank God every day that I am able to run.
Monday, March 14, 2011
My coach and my purpose
Well, I heard from my half marathon group coach today. He told me to enjoy what I am doing. To set an example by running with a smile on my face. And to not be afraid to slow it down a little in the early miles of a long run (particularly to avoid overexertion and overuse injuries) and speed it up a bit at the end. That was a great affirmation of being able to share a gift in a number of ways.
While I loved my high school coach, the answer that one would likely have gotten 25 years ago--probably to concentrate on my own goals--is so different from the answer one gets when being coached in a group of adults. I don't hold it against my old coach. And he did encourage us to watch out for one another. But goals change and advice changes. So, too, do the ways we are called upon to use our gifts in life.
While I loved my high school coach, the answer that one would likely have gotten 25 years ago--probably to concentrate on my own goals--is so different from the answer one gets when being coached in a group of adults. I don't hold it against my old coach. And he did encourage us to watch out for one another. But goals change and advice changes. So, too, do the ways we are called upon to use our gifts in life.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Another morning with my son
So this morning's run was one in which I was trying to teach my 11 year old about consistency. We started a bit slower than we did for last week's run but the three miles were within 7 seconds of each other for pace and he brought down the time we ran last week by over a minute. He still isn't back to where he was after 3-4 months training last June, but we'll get him there. He even was able to chat while running, which both my marathon coach from last year and half marathon coach from this year have said is a sign of running at an appropriate and easy pace. This morning he was explaining the finer points of gardening in a small space with a mixture of compost and two other types of soil. That is one thing he really enjoys outside of spending time with me running.
So, does this mean I am paying it forward, i.e., with "it" being all the help I ever got from anyone? In little bits and pieces, sure. Sometime paying it forward is about working with peers. Sometimes it is about passing along wisdom gained to one's children. This is obviously the latter. If, by completing at least a 5K run each weekend, he can feel more confident of himself and more confident in his ability to accomplish things, then that is a great thing to achieve. If he can improve over the time he ran last year and see what sticking with something can do for him--all the better. And, if all it takes is what I'd be spending my Sunday mornings doing anyway (i.e., unwinding after a long Saturday run with a fast last mile), then that works really well.
Does that mean that is all there is in the process of "paying it forward"? Probably not. I still want to figure out whether I need to be there for my fellow half marathon or marathon training group members, and, if so, what is the right way to help. The story of the talents from the Gospel (Matthew 25:14-30), comes to me as I ponder this, although it is not the time of year in the Catholic church (in fact we wont' hear it in a Sunday reading until November 13). The key is--I have been given something and am called upon to figure out how to make the best use of it. That is the call. How will I answer?
So, does this mean I am paying it forward, i.e., with "it" being all the help I ever got from anyone? In little bits and pieces, sure. Sometime paying it forward is about working with peers. Sometimes it is about passing along wisdom gained to one's children. This is obviously the latter. If, by completing at least a 5K run each weekend, he can feel more confident of himself and more confident in his ability to accomplish things, then that is a great thing to achieve. If he can improve over the time he ran last year and see what sticking with something can do for him--all the better. And, if all it takes is what I'd be spending my Sunday mornings doing anyway (i.e., unwinding after a long Saturday run with a fast last mile), then that works really well.
Does that mean that is all there is in the process of "paying it forward"? Probably not. I still want to figure out whether I need to be there for my fellow half marathon or marathon training group members, and, if so, what is the right way to help. The story of the talents from the Gospel (Matthew 25:14-30), comes to me as I ponder this, although it is not the time of year in the Catholic church (in fact we wont' hear it in a Sunday reading until November 13). The key is--I have been given something and am called upon to figure out how to make the best use of it. That is the call. How will I answer?
Saturday, March 12, 2011
What is My Purpose in Running Now?
To some degree, the answer to the question I pose above is patently obvious--to run a half marathon and a marathon for charity this year with the goal of raising at least $2500 for the two charities combined. To try to run a Boston Qualifying marathon time. To probably run three 5K's with my son and maybe run one other race for which I register this year. That, at least, was my agenda at the beginning of the year. Not a bad agenda. But is that all there is?
Some would ask, what more do you need? Or "why do you need anything more?" I think there is a need for something more. Here's why.
Today, I came to what I think is an important crossroad in my group training for the half marathon. When I was out running (alone but surrounded by members of the group) I pondered the question--if I ever had to pay to be in the group (rather than getting in through being part of charity fundraising) would I actually pay to join?
How did this come about? Well, just last night I was emailing on Facebook with an old friend from an opposing school who ran high school cross country and track. Steve was always better than me but was a totally nice guy about how good he was. He always congratulated other runners who came through and offered encouragement. That bond--as he put it the commitment and sacrifice that we shared--is something that provides a basis for staying in touch these days. Last fall in the marathon training group I felt the shared sacrifice. I'm not sure if I am feeling it yet. I'm not blaming my fellow runners. I just trying to figure out what I am and am not inspired by at the moment.
Last year when I first trained in a group for the Baltimore Marathon, I ran with people who knew way more than I did. I listened. I mimicked. I learned. I made sure to understand the key take away messages from our time in training together. And I tried to thank every one of them whose presence made a difference for me when I finished the marathon in a respectable time.
This morning, at our group half marathon training, I left a bit after a group of two with whom I've run before, caught them, passed them, then ran a bit further than them, so that I got back to our starting point after them. The whole time, I ran alone, although I did encourage other runners as I ran back past them going the opposite direction or passed them on the way back. My 6 miles were in splits of 8:53/8:44/8:21/8:27 (it was mostly uphill)/7:50/6:53. I took the last mile a bit faster than I should have. I enjoyed just going at my own pace. I enjoyed the serenity of the cool late winter morning by the reservoir in near silence. The wind was noticeable but not gusting at 40 MPH like the last time I was at the reservoir with the group. And, most of all, with the huge rain we had a couple days ago, the water rushing over the dam was incredible to watch and wonderful to hear. But while I met with the group and chatted with people (including some I met for the first time) before and after the workout, I ran alone.
Why is that important? Does it mean I could train for this type of event on my own if I needed to? Does it mean I should just train alone on my own schedule and getting done what I need to when I need to?
I think I could train on my own. I don't think it means I should train on my own. Presumably as we approach the summer marathon training season, I'll once again encounter runners who are clearly better than I am and to whom I will continue to look for guidance. For the time being, what I am sensing is that my role has changed. For the current group, I am sure that since not everyone shows up every time, and that on some days there will still be runners in the group who are faster and stronger than I am. But on the days when I find myself at or near the front of the pack, maybe my role should be to slow down a bit and encourage someone directly as I run with them. Maybe my role is to be the person who takes it upon himself to encourage others rather than just showing what I can do on my own. Physically, it is wonderful to do whatever I'm capable of and to push myself (although being careful not to do it too hard like that 6:53 in the last mile). Spiritually, maybe I really need to rethink just pushing by myself. It doesn't seem satisfying. I know that when there are people who are clearly better than me but whom I aspire to run like, I want them to stop and offer their thoughts to me. Maybe running decent times at 41 and bearing the scars of three different injuries over the past year, it is my time to pay it forward in running just as I like to do in mentoring at work. Of course, I don't want to force that on anyone but maybe I do need to extend a hand and make clear I'm in this for the camaraderie and not just for my own personal satisfaction to make people feel like they are welcome to run with me, seek encouragement from me (I'm happy to give it), and perhaps to ask for any advice I may be in position to pass along.
My running spiritual role has not involved writing so much this year as it did last year, but perhaps even that will change over time. More importantly, my interpersonal spiritual aspects of running may take on a totally new set of dimensions as I move forward this year. We shall see.
Some would ask, what more do you need? Or "why do you need anything more?" I think there is a need for something more. Here's why.
Today, I came to what I think is an important crossroad in my group training for the half marathon. When I was out running (alone but surrounded by members of the group) I pondered the question--if I ever had to pay to be in the group (rather than getting in through being part of charity fundraising) would I actually pay to join?
How did this come about? Well, just last night I was emailing on Facebook with an old friend from an opposing school who ran high school cross country and track. Steve was always better than me but was a totally nice guy about how good he was. He always congratulated other runners who came through and offered encouragement. That bond--as he put it the commitment and sacrifice that we shared--is something that provides a basis for staying in touch these days. Last fall in the marathon training group I felt the shared sacrifice. I'm not sure if I am feeling it yet. I'm not blaming my fellow runners. I just trying to figure out what I am and am not inspired by at the moment.
Last year when I first trained in a group for the Baltimore Marathon, I ran with people who knew way more than I did. I listened. I mimicked. I learned. I made sure to understand the key take away messages from our time in training together. And I tried to thank every one of them whose presence made a difference for me when I finished the marathon in a respectable time.
This morning, at our group half marathon training, I left a bit after a group of two with whom I've run before, caught them, passed them, then ran a bit further than them, so that I got back to our starting point after them. The whole time, I ran alone, although I did encourage other runners as I ran back past them going the opposite direction or passed them on the way back. My 6 miles were in splits of 8:53/8:44/8:21/8:27 (it was mostly uphill)/7:50/6:53. I took the last mile a bit faster than I should have. I enjoyed just going at my own pace. I enjoyed the serenity of the cool late winter morning by the reservoir in near silence. The wind was noticeable but not gusting at 40 MPH like the last time I was at the reservoir with the group. And, most of all, with the huge rain we had a couple days ago, the water rushing over the dam was incredible to watch and wonderful to hear. But while I met with the group and chatted with people (including some I met for the first time) before and after the workout, I ran alone.
Why is that important? Does it mean I could train for this type of event on my own if I needed to? Does it mean I should just train alone on my own schedule and getting done what I need to when I need to?
I think I could train on my own. I don't think it means I should train on my own. Presumably as we approach the summer marathon training season, I'll once again encounter runners who are clearly better than I am and to whom I will continue to look for guidance. For the time being, what I am sensing is that my role has changed. For the current group, I am sure that since not everyone shows up every time, and that on some days there will still be runners in the group who are faster and stronger than I am. But on the days when I find myself at or near the front of the pack, maybe my role should be to slow down a bit and encourage someone directly as I run with them. Maybe my role is to be the person who takes it upon himself to encourage others rather than just showing what I can do on my own. Physically, it is wonderful to do whatever I'm capable of and to push myself (although being careful not to do it too hard like that 6:53 in the last mile). Spiritually, maybe I really need to rethink just pushing by myself. It doesn't seem satisfying. I know that when there are people who are clearly better than me but whom I aspire to run like, I want them to stop and offer their thoughts to me. Maybe running decent times at 41 and bearing the scars of three different injuries over the past year, it is my time to pay it forward in running just as I like to do in mentoring at work. Of course, I don't want to force that on anyone but maybe I do need to extend a hand and make clear I'm in this for the camaraderie and not just for my own personal satisfaction to make people feel like they are welcome to run with me, seek encouragement from me (I'm happy to give it), and perhaps to ask for any advice I may be in position to pass along.
My running spiritual role has not involved writing so much this year as it did last year, but perhaps even that will change over time. More importantly, my interpersonal spiritual aspects of running may take on a totally new set of dimensions as I move forward this year. We shall see.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Where is My Well-Being at This Point?
Since the end of January, I have been focused a lot on trying to catch up on a variety of things in the workplace. That has kept me from writing a lot about well-being. In some ways it is a bit ironic
The main task at work on which I had gotten behind and to which I had to give attention was a study regarding multiple domains of well-being for older adults. The first two parts of being caught up on that project are now ready to go out the door. Still lots to do, but I am feeling more comfortable letting other things back into my life.
Second, I have been focused on my own well-being quite a bit in the past month. I have not been writing a blog entry about every run that I do (or more generally every workout that I do) but I have been thinking about each run. This year, I have a long-term goal that is seen as a realistic but hard goal to meet, i.e., reaching the Boston Marathon qualifying time in the Baltimore Marathon in October. The coach of the Maryland Half Marathon training group is a guy the same age as me who has noted my goal and keeps asking me thing that are closely related to my goal. It is a pretty cool experience. He gave one piece of advice before my trip to Australia that was good advice but that I did not follow in the most productive way. The advice was to do a long slow run on the last morning in Baltimore. Three miles into the run, my left foot found a pot hole and I twisted my ankle. As I write this entry on a Qantas Airbus 380 on the way to Sydney, the left ankle is tight but has a full range of motion. From that, I’m concluding that it is neither broken nor sprained but that I do need to take my time getting back into the swing of things. It is ironic that I hurt myself when I do things trying to improve my well-being. I’m sure that as long as I’m smart about not stressing the ankle too much I’ll be back in good form in the near future.
Third, I have finished and am now selling (and slowly promoting) The Radical Transformaiton of Runner 1313. It is a very neat experience. So far, I’ve sold two Kindle copies and five paperback copies. I’ve also had to order two proofs and I ordered 10 extra copies to hand out to people. It will be interesting to see what happens with this. I’d like to make at least a couple hundred dollars from these efforts to put toward my fundraising goal for this year.
Fourth, in terms of the rundraising goal, I have managed to get up to $330/$1500 for the University fo Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center and up to $25/$1000 for the American Cancer Society. I have a long way to go for each, but I figure both are very reachable.
Fifth, in terms of how cancer is playing a role in my life, I am consistently moving into more cancer research. Not giving up on studying nursing issues or eye health issues, but going where there is a big problem and a lot of money to study it. In addition, as people find out that I am raising mony for two cancer charities this year, they share their stories with me. Or they share stories of people they know. For example, one friend from all the way back at Highland Park has a distant cousin who is blogging about her experience with treatment for metastatic melanoma. That is bringing very close to home what I wrote about in The Radical Transformation.
It is amazing how so many bits and pieces of my quest for my own well-being and my family’s well-being interact with one another.
Finally, a short “Smaltimore” story. For the first long slow distance run for the Maryland Half Marathon, I ran with someone not from last year’s marathon training group. It was very nice running with someone who was not going to go too fast. She is a good runner, but running in the upper 8’s and even 9’s was not outside the realm of possibility. She kept encouraging me to go ahead if I wanted, but I enjoyed the conversation, and I didn’t want to leave someone else behind. So, we had nearly an hour to talk and we talked about kids, where we worked, what else we ran, etc. The interesting thing was that we did not exchange names. However, I have since learned her name and not only does she work for the same institution that I do (at the university level) but she was the first author on several papers cited by an advisee of mine in his dissertation.
The other recent long-slow distance run that I did, I ran with a guy named Eric. He did fine but did reach a point where he had to slow to a walk when we were out at Loch Raven. I did go ahead of him as there were plenty of people running back and forth along the path and he’d soon find others to run with if he chose. That was also an interesting day as it demonstrates just how close at least a subset of the running community that works for, trains with, or otherwise interacts with Charm City Run is and has been. When I went to pick up stuff for my efforts for Marlene’s Misison at Charm City Run, I was fitted for my shoes very professionally, I had a brief conversation with another employee who is in the marathon training group and who recognized me as someone she’d run past a couple times earlier in the day, and the feeling at the store was just right. I figure if the people who are fitting you are people you are likely to run with at some point in time, they will be very likely to do the right thing for you.
Well, that’s a long enough entry for today.
kdfrick@aol.com
Twitter: Runner_1313
Skype: kevin.frick
Marlene’s Mission Donations: http://www.ummsfoundation.org/kevinfrick
American Cancer Society Donations: http://determnation.acsevents.org/goto/kevinfrick
Book: https://www.createspace.com/3537771 (also available direct from Amazon)
The main task at work on which I had gotten behind and to which I had to give attention was a study regarding multiple domains of well-being for older adults. The first two parts of being caught up on that project are now ready to go out the door. Still lots to do, but I am feeling more comfortable letting other things back into my life.
Second, I have been focused on my own well-being quite a bit in the past month. I have not been writing a blog entry about every run that I do (or more generally every workout that I do) but I have been thinking about each run. This year, I have a long-term goal that is seen as a realistic but hard goal to meet, i.e., reaching the Boston Marathon qualifying time in the Baltimore Marathon in October. The coach of the Maryland Half Marathon training group is a guy the same age as me who has noted my goal and keeps asking me thing that are closely related to my goal. It is a pretty cool experience. He gave one piece of advice before my trip to Australia that was good advice but that I did not follow in the most productive way. The advice was to do a long slow run on the last morning in Baltimore. Three miles into the run, my left foot found a pot hole and I twisted my ankle. As I write this entry on a Qantas Airbus 380 on the way to Sydney, the left ankle is tight but has a full range of motion. From that, I’m concluding that it is neither broken nor sprained but that I do need to take my time getting back into the swing of things. It is ironic that I hurt myself when I do things trying to improve my well-being. I’m sure that as long as I’m smart about not stressing the ankle too much I’ll be back in good form in the near future.
Third, I have finished and am now selling (and slowly promoting) The Radical Transformaiton of Runner 1313. It is a very neat experience. So far, I’ve sold two Kindle copies and five paperback copies. I’ve also had to order two proofs and I ordered 10 extra copies to hand out to people. It will be interesting to see what happens with this. I’d like to make at least a couple hundred dollars from these efforts to put toward my fundraising goal for this year.
Fourth, in terms of the rundraising goal, I have managed to get up to $330/$1500 for the University fo Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center and up to $25/$1000 for the American Cancer Society. I have a long way to go for each, but I figure both are very reachable.
Fifth, in terms of how cancer is playing a role in my life, I am consistently moving into more cancer research. Not giving up on studying nursing issues or eye health issues, but going where there is a big problem and a lot of money to study it. In addition, as people find out that I am raising mony for two cancer charities this year, they share their stories with me. Or they share stories of people they know. For example, one friend from all the way back at Highland Park has a distant cousin who is blogging about her experience with treatment for metastatic melanoma. That is bringing very close to home what I wrote about in The Radical Transformation.
It is amazing how so many bits and pieces of my quest for my own well-being and my family’s well-being interact with one another.
Finally, a short “Smaltimore” story. For the first long slow distance run for the Maryland Half Marathon, I ran with someone not from last year’s marathon training group. It was very nice running with someone who was not going to go too fast. She is a good runner, but running in the upper 8’s and even 9’s was not outside the realm of possibility. She kept encouraging me to go ahead if I wanted, but I enjoyed the conversation, and I didn’t want to leave someone else behind. So, we had nearly an hour to talk and we talked about kids, where we worked, what else we ran, etc. The interesting thing was that we did not exchange names. However, I have since learned her name and not only does she work for the same institution that I do (at the university level) but she was the first author on several papers cited by an advisee of mine in his dissertation.
The other recent long-slow distance run that I did, I ran with a guy named Eric. He did fine but did reach a point where he had to slow to a walk when we were out at Loch Raven. I did go ahead of him as there were plenty of people running back and forth along the path and he’d soon find others to run with if he chose. That was also an interesting day as it demonstrates just how close at least a subset of the running community that works for, trains with, or otherwise interacts with Charm City Run is and has been. When I went to pick up stuff for my efforts for Marlene’s Misison at Charm City Run, I was fitted for my shoes very professionally, I had a brief conversation with another employee who is in the marathon training group and who recognized me as someone she’d run past a couple times earlier in the day, and the feeling at the store was just right. I figure if the people who are fitting you are people you are likely to run with at some point in time, they will be very likely to do the right thing for you.
Well, that’s a long enough entry for today.
kdfrick@aol.com
Twitter: Runner_1313
Skype: kevin.frick
Marlene’s Mission Donations: http://www.ummsfoundation.org/kevinfrick
American Cancer Society Donations: http://determnation.acsevents.org/goto/kevinfrick
Book: https://www.createspace.com/3537771 (also available direct from Amazon)
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