Am I in Heaven....?
I am OK, or actually I should say I am A OK! Picture this right, open car (nice one), tropical breeze, very sunny, nice 30 degree temperature, 2 tall blokes up front in the car (him and another houseguest) , me at the back...loud music blasting from the stereo on our way to the beach.
Only problem in this picture is we are all wearing our running gear and I am slightly nervous after all the "banter" about proper conditioning and we are on our way for our first proper run.
It started yesterday upon my arrival, after being shown around, and they do really have a nice house! My host proposed a training time of noon today. I acted surprised, well acted, I was horrified truth be said. Noon!? It will be raving hot at that time of day I tried to object. "Exactly" was the answer, "that will be good, Big Air, thats really good for your initial conditioning..."
Once we got to the beach, I was told to start running at my pace and to just go until I felt like dropping - hmmm, very reassuring...he continued "As soon as I could not go any further, we would stop!" He is a VERY good liar, I found later.
I started running a nice pace, and remember thinking I did really well, I looked at my watch and noticed we were running already for 10 minutes, I was impressed, especially because it was roughly about 30 degrees...
My peaceful thoughts of this being not too bad were interupted by my host saying "give me your watch"... I tried to object to no avail and ended up giving him my watch. Roughly another 15 minutes later - I am guessing here as I was watchless - I found out I can turn into quite an "ugly" person language wise when pushed to the limits. I started sharing all my pains and aches with my host and everything was of course the ultimate reason to have to stop running right there. He was really good though, from talking me right up to a level I felt I could go on for ever, to pissing me off and making me want to run even further, faster and better.
The "ugly" side of me started to suffer from pain in my sides, feet, headache, for at least 10 minutes I had to share with the world every possible reason for me to stop running, but he would have none of it. And replied saying that if I was still able to talk I certainly could run further, that shut me right up. He then continued saying, You only ran for 28 minutes so far, I bet you can´t finish and he sprinted into the distance...he is certainly a master of the mind...and I kept going, and going, and going....When I finally got back to the car where they were waiting for me, they started laughing. I thought it was because of the color of my head, which was bright purple by then, but in fact he gave me my watch back and I ran for 48 minutes - while I was still thinking we barely ran for 30 minutes), without any walking breaks in 30 degrees hot sunny weather!!!!!!! he reckoned we covered propably 8k. I felt so good.
Until he said.."OK now we have set the benchmark....!"I was too tired to comment.
Next running day Sunday 10am, Oh and I spent the rest of the afternoon at the pool and now typing away in a little Belgian Cafe 100 metres down the road do this...life is good!
Thanks for all your support messages - keep ´m coming, I need them.
Speak soon and take care
AZ
Only problem in this picture is we are all wearing our running gear and I am slightly nervous after all the "banter" about proper conditioning and we are on our way for our first proper run.
It started yesterday upon my arrival, after being shown around, and they do really have a nice house! My host proposed a training time of noon today. I acted surprised, well acted, I was horrified truth be said. Noon!? It will be raving hot at that time of day I tried to object. "Exactly" was the answer, "that will be good, Big Air, thats really good for your initial conditioning..."
Once we got to the beach, I was told to start running at my pace and to just go until I felt like dropping - hmmm, very reassuring...he continued "As soon as I could not go any further, we would stop!" He is a VERY good liar, I found later.
I started running a nice pace, and remember thinking I did really well, I looked at my watch and noticed we were running already for 10 minutes, I was impressed, especially because it was roughly about 30 degrees...
My peaceful thoughts of this being not too bad were interupted by my host saying "give me your watch"... I tried to object to no avail and ended up giving him my watch. Roughly another 15 minutes later - I am guessing here as I was watchless - I found out I can turn into quite an "ugly" person language wise when pushed to the limits. I started sharing all my pains and aches with my host and everything was of course the ultimate reason to have to stop running right there. He was really good though, from talking me right up to a level I felt I could go on for ever, to pissing me off and making me want to run even further, faster and better.
The "ugly" side of me started to suffer from pain in my sides, feet, headache, for at least 10 minutes I had to share with the world every possible reason for me to stop running, but he would have none of it. And replied saying that if I was still able to talk I certainly could run further, that shut me right up. He then continued saying, You only ran for 28 minutes so far, I bet you can´t finish and he sprinted into the distance...he is certainly a master of the mind...and I kept going, and going, and going....When I finally got back to the car where they were waiting for me, they started laughing. I thought it was because of the color of my head, which was bright purple by then, but in fact he gave me my watch back and I ran for 48 minutes - while I was still thinking we barely ran for 30 minutes), without any walking breaks in 30 degrees hot sunny weather!!!!!!! he reckoned we covered propably 8k. I felt so good.
Until he said.."OK now we have set the benchmark....!"I was too tired to comment.
Next running day Sunday 10am, Oh and I spent the rest of the afternoon at the pool and now typing away in a little Belgian Cafe 100 metres down the road do this...life is good!
Thanks for all your support messages - keep ´m coming, I need them.
Speak soon and take care
AZ
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