Comments on: not feeling very deserving

By: Jesse

Jesse — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 21:51:04 +0000

Blogfather,

My current battle is training in lovely New England for the Boston Marathon and raising money for cancer research with a new born in the house. Training on 3 hours of sleep and staying healthy…there isa challenge. If anyone has advice, feel free to comment on my blog- longcoldrun.blogspot.com

By: david

david — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 02:12:37 +0000

Modesty befits you. Fame follows you. Running again awaits you. In time. With perseverence and sensibility. You have it all. Thanks Mark, for being our blogfather.

By: Wil

Wil — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 07:38:03 +0000

I am totally impressed with you, as always. What an awesome post. My “thing” is kind of involved, but basically teenagers at school and gangs and such. I think we’re over the hill though. Thanks for reaching out!

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:23:53 +0000

Just coming back after a 5 week layoff with a possible stress fracture in the left tibia. Running every other day for the time being with a bit of pool running mixed in. Congratulations on the top 10.

By: jank

jank — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 18:40:44 +0000

1. You’re a runner, plain and simple.
2. Resources? Dude, you are key – connecting runners across the world and generally coming up with a new and cool way for us to stay motivated about the time we need it.

Rock on…

By: Karen C. in Calgary

Karen C. in Calgary — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:48:19 +0000

Oh yeah, I forgot to answer your question: “What?s your battle and how are you doing with it?” My battle? Thursday runs. The Thursday after a race kills me – the whole run involves working out stiff stuff and loosening up whatever I zealously over-exerted on the weekend.

Doing about it? Well this week I’m running on FRIDAY

By: Deene

Deene — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:45:15 +0000

come on Mark, suck up the modesty and roll around in the “being mentioned out in blogospere glory”! It’s not like you’re sitting around eating bonbons and compiling flab. You’re plenty healthy, cross-training and at the helm of our running blogger ship. u da man, mon.

By: All Downhill From Here » Support the Struggle

All Downhill From Here » Support the Struggle — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:00:12 +0000

[...] rt the Struggle Filed under: General — karen @ 10:00 am Mark recently asked “Are you relating to this battle and, in [...]

By: alejandra

alejandra — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 15:22:21 +0000

i’m with you. i ran 2 miles yesterday…TWO, and my knee throbbed for an hour afterwards… (probably shouldnt have done another 1.5 in the evening…but its ONE MILE. come on!!)

its so frusterating when all you wanna do is get out there and get some mileage in, and everyone around you seems to bounce back after their own m’thons… i feel your pain man. but, we will live to run another day!

just, maybe not today!

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 06:42:35 +0000

I think my biggest battle in the moment is my swimming, I’m still a klutz in the pool. I do not have a God given talent, I have to work really hard at it. I also have a lot of outside pressures (wife, work, etc.) in the moment that are trying to erode my running efforts. On the positive side I have been able to avoid any serious injury so far in my last couple years of running. I hope my luck holds. If not I know the Blogfather will be there for me!