I mentioned JM in my last post. She just posted a further piece — Shifting Balance — on her attitude training. I’m guilty of most if not all of the “expectations” (not the Twin City Marathon reference) and could use a dose of confidence. E.g., instead of rating every run “Good” or “Bad,” how about using a sliding scale chiefly with (like the Lexington Line) 4s, 5s, and 6s, going easy on the 1s, 2s, 9s, 10s?
So take a jog over and she what she has to say.
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September 30, 2010 at 5:46 am
Ewen
I’ve jogged over, and back. I like Jaymee’s post. At the moment I have a four-phrase sliding scale to rate a training run/session. It does something like:
Felt worse than bad – 1 on the Lexington Line.
Felt bad – 2 to 3.
Felt OK – 4 to 6.
Felt good – 7 to 8 (rare).
Felt bloody brilliant! – 9 to 10 (extremely rare).
October 1, 2010 at 12:01 am
Jaymee
Thanks, Joe, for the nod. It’s nice to know I’m not alone in this and that sharing it is sparking something in you and others.
October 1, 2010 at 5:02 am
Ewen
Thanks Joe. I had no idea what the Lexington Line was — thought it was something like the Mason Dixon Line. My knowledge of NY trains was limited to Pelham 123.
October 1, 2010 at 7:43 pm
joegarland
That was on the No. 6. If you come to NYC, that’s how people talk. At Grand Central for Wall Street: “Take the 4 or the 5 south four stops” (which are 14th St., Brooklyn Bridge, Fulton Street, Wall Street) to Wall Street.
October 3, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Ewen
The plan is to be in NYC next July. I’ll ask for 3 return tickets on the 5 to Wall Street — that’ll stun the locals in the queue at the ticket window.
October 3, 2010 at 9:38 pm
joegarland
Ewen, Ewen,
The only people who get on line (in the US, the only people who say “on line” are New Yorkers, everyone else says “in line,” seriously) to buy “tickets” at the “ticket booth” (so-named because they are booths) are tourists. New Yorkers get their Metrocards (we don’t have tokens anymore) at the vending machines. And we don’t do “returns.” A Metrocard gets you in the system and you can take it as near or as far as you’d like, local or express, no zones. So you can take the 5 to Wall Street, wander about, walk across the Brooklyn Bridge (a must stop) and take the 4 or 5 at Borough Hall in Brooklyn back to Grand Central.
Don’t worry we’ll have you acting like a native — most of whom already have funny accents — well before July.
October 3, 2010 at 11:29 am
chris
Any run I get done is a good run even when it sucked… thats my story and I am sticking to it
October 5, 2010 at 4:25 am
Ewen
Thanks Joe. I think I’m getting the hang of this. Glad there’s no queuing up, as I’m not a fan of queues, especially the lengthy ones in Woolies. I’ll jump on line (sounds much friendlier) at the ticket booth. Bit of a shame about no “returns”. On the Sydney trains one can save enough for a Paddlepop by purchasing a return ticket.
October 11, 2010 at 6:30 pm
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