I try not to write about the same general subject matter 2 times in a week, but this one has been on my mind a lot lately since I’m in mid-stride of 10k training. As I’ve become a runner and observed the world of runners I’ve come to a conclusion: there are 2 very different runner personalities….. the type-A & the Forest Gump. The type-A is where I find myself. We like schedules, we like sticking to schedules, and we don’t like anyone messing with our schedules…. not only in life- but with our training plans.
“Oh…. You’re getting married Saturday? Aw man… I can’t make it. It’s my long run day.”
“Oh hey can I run with you today?”
“Sure, it’s interval day!”
“oh I don’t think I’m up for that
“oh yea?..... ready, set, go!”
We also like form, and proper form and proper gear that makes us have proper form. If you see us out on the trails….. The stride, the arms swings, the breathing…. It’s all the same, and it’s all because we looked it up on runnersworld.com. We write on our calendars the day we will be needing new running shoes. We plan our life around that run for that day… the food, the gear, the date for that night. We get there an hour early on race day with our packets already picked up and forms already filled out because we are always prepared.
The Forest Gump’s of the running world simply just take off! They don’t have a plan on how many intervals they will be doing that day. They don’t know their proper target heart rate. They don’t even have running shoes on… but there they go, trucking away, happy as a clam. No watch, and no ipod in cut-off sweat pants…. But at a steady pace. They’ve got a little hippie in them, and probably run to observe nature or something…. Not to bring home the gold medal and the awesome t-shirt like the Monica Geller’s of the running world.
I’m sure there’s many more observations to be made…but I’m out of time!
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