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rebeccmeisterI need to use the word "drat!" more often. It's amusing, n'est-ce pas?
In this case, it applies to something that inevitably happens. Every time I start to train for a big erg (rowing machine) event, I always end up getting sick right before said event. Today, I am nursing a sore throat that started after I inhaled an insect on Wednesday. But I will still try and give my cold to all of the marathoners and I'm still going to try and beat my time from last year in the event tomorrow morning. Stay tuned. Last year I finished in 3:32, which works out to a 2:30/500m split. Somehow in my head, as I've been preparing, I thought it worked out to a 2:15 split, and I was able to stay below that for a half-marathon (2:14. heh.). Wow. And I did a 30,000-m piece with a 2:25 average split, where I wasn't really trying all that hard for the first half and I didn't eat any GU or drink any caffeine beforehand. Maybe I should shoot for 2:20 and see if I can make it.
In previous years, I have gotten sick right before competing in the CRASH-B World Indoor Rowing Championships (CRASH-B stands for Charles River All-Star Has-Beens, for the guys who started it who were Charles River rowers). Residents in the Boston area could enter the event without qualifying through satellite regattas, so I did it twice when I was an undergrad. I'd always end up somewhere in the middle of the humongous pack of collegiate rowers. I still believe it's the best possible environment to do a 2000-m erg test. All of the people are incredibly inspiring. But I got really sick right before doing it the first year. I think I was okay the second year.
Meh. I'm just worried that this little cold will get in the way of an incredible performance tomorrow morning. All I can do at this point is rest rest rest and hydrate hydrate hydrate (oh, and eat well. I think that's been the biggest challenge since I started living on my own. I just don't eat as much. This is what used to happen when I was an undergrad.). Wish me luck.
In this case, it applies to something that inevitably happens. Every time I start to train for a big erg (rowing machine) event, I always end up getting sick right before said event. Today, I am nursing a sore throat that started after I inhaled an insect on Wednesday. But I will still try and give my cold to all of the marathoners and I'm still going to try and beat my time from last year in the event tomorrow morning. Stay tuned. Last year I finished in 3:32, which works out to a 2:30/500m split. Somehow in my head, as I've been preparing, I thought it worked out to a 2:15 split, and I was able to stay below that for a half-marathon (2:14. heh.). Wow. And I did a 30,000-m piece with a 2:25 average split, where I wasn't really trying all that hard for the first half and I didn't eat any GU or drink any caffeine beforehand. Maybe I should shoot for 2:20 and see if I can make it.
In previous years, I have gotten sick right before competing in the CRASH-B World Indoor Rowing Championships (CRASH-B stands for Charles River All-Star Has-Beens, for the guys who started it who were Charles River rowers). Residents in the Boston area could enter the event without qualifying through satellite regattas, so I did it twice when I was an undergrad. I'd always end up somewhere in the middle of the humongous pack of collegiate rowers. I still believe it's the best possible environment to do a 2000-m erg test. All of the people are incredibly inspiring. But I got really sick right before doing it the first year. I think I was okay the second year.
Meh. I'm just worried that this little cold will get in the way of an incredible performance tomorrow morning. All I can do at this point is rest rest rest and hydrate hydrate hydrate (oh, and eat well. I think that's been the biggest challenge since I started living on my own. I just don't eat as much. This is what used to happen when I was an undergrad.). Wish me luck.
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Date: 2006-09-22 04:32 pm (UTC)Here's the problem about being me: I pull just as hard, subjectively, as you Big People, only for a lot longer.
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Date: 2006-09-22 04:42 pm (UTC)But it's always up to you.
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Date: 2006-09-22 06:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-23 01:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-23 02:43 am (UTC)Lately I've been picking up "bother!" as an exclamation of minor irritation. I've been using "bugger!" for a few years now for more serious exasperation. Not very nice, but nicer than the terms I used to use which involved activities with farm animals that one normally would not discuss.
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Date: 2006-09-23 01:11 pm (UTC)"Bother!" could be fun--I don't think I could pull it off. But "Drat!" is quite fun as well and it comes more naturally.
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Date: 2006-09-23 02:35 pm (UTC)no subject
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