{"id":429,"date":"2012-06-12T10:23:44","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T18:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/?p=429"},"modified":"2012-06-12T10:23:44","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T18:23:44","slug":"couldnt-disagree-more-runner-ted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/12\/couldnt-disagree-more-runner-ted\/","title":{"rendered":"Couldn\u2019t Disagree More, Runner Ted"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over at Runner\u2019s World <\/a>Ted Spiker\u2019s written a little ditty<\/a> about being true to himself, and not letting summer indulgences ruin his goals. Getting in his runs and not letting the weather stop him, not eating too much. Good for him. But I couldn\u2019t disagree more.<\/p>\n

Let me quote the lad:<\/p>\n

Manage Indulgences:<\/strong>\u00a0Vacations should be fun and relaxing and, at times, rule-breaking. But you\u2019ve got to get out of your mind the fact that a couple of bites of a coconut-covered something-or-other means you automatically go all in. Bite, enjoy, bite again, step away. Eat right 90-some percent of the time; feel no guilt the rest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh god, no. It\u2019s not that you get to automatically go all in, you get to go all in by virtue of having lungs and a heart i.e by virtue of being alive i.e because you #$%^&* want to. Eat till you pop! That\u2019s what vacations are for!<\/p>\n

Rock the Mornings:<\/strong>\u00a0You have to start every day strong: Get your runs and lifts done early and you won\u2019t feel like ruining it with a frozen drink that has the caloric equivalent of an entire grocery-store aisle.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Won\u2019t feel like ruining<\/em> it? Ruin a run with a frozen drink, Ted, seriously? Sometimes the only reason I run is for the beer afterwards. Which is why I try to drink them on my non-running days, too, for the sake of consistency. And yes, that means I drink them in the morning. But it\u2019s summertime, which mean the sun is out early, so it\u2019s not like I\u2019m drinking vodka shots in the gloom of a winter morning. Not in the summer, anyway.<\/p>\n

Step Back:<\/strong>\u00a0We know, we know. You stopped weighing yourself this spring when you grew frustrated with a plateau. But you know what? You\u2019re going to step your cheese-loving arse back up on the scale to keep yourself accountable and gauge your progress. Because you have made some, and you\u2019ll tell these good folks about it soon. You are\u2014are!<\/em>\u2014going to come out of this tempting (yet glorious) seasonal stretch with a smaller number than where you started.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What\u2019s this accountable<\/em> nonsense? Are you running to lose weight, Ted<\/em>? You little cheater! Running\u2019s not for losing weight! I\u2019m not saying you gotta gain when you run, I\u2019m just saying: the run should be enough. You know those commercials: What\u2019s your Anti-Drug? For me it\u2019s \u201cWhat\u2019s your Anti-Diet?\u201d Running! I run so I don\u2019t have to weigh myself.<\/p>\n

In Ted\u2019s defense, he does<\/em> title the blog entry \u201cLetter to My Summer Self.\u201d And I\u2019ll never begrudge a man his inner dialogue to get himself going. Probably, Ted\u2019s better looking than me, faster than me, thinner-even-when-he\u2019s-fat than me. (He\u2019s certainly a better writer than me and more famouser).<\/p>\n

But he\u2019s delusional. Eat the coconut thing, Ted. Drink the frozen drink. Smile while you do it, love the calories, and go bust out a fartlek. Not because you have to, but because you can<\/em>. Attaboy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over at Runner\u2019s World Ted Spiker\u2019s written a little ditty about being true to himself, and not letting summer indulgences ruin his goals. Getting in his runs and not letting the weather stop him, not eating too much. Good for him. But I couldn\u2019t disagree more. Let me quote the lad: Manage Indulgences:\u00a0Vacations should be … <\/p>\n

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