{"id":10939,"date":"2010-04-06T10:40:05","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T14:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=10939"},"modified":"2010-04-06T10:40:05","modified_gmt":"2010-04-06T14:40:05","slug":"on-pace-bashers-and-negative-running-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/04\/on-pace-bashers-and-negative-running-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"On Pace Bashers and Negative Running Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>(I’m in the green top and white hat)\u00a0 No Tuesday Tip today guys because I want to talk about something that I’ve been thinking about for a while now.<\/em><\/p>\n

After thinking about it even more, this topic is two-fold.\u00a0 I’ll talk about the second half in another post.<\/p>\n

Part I:<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is one thing that I sometimes see when reading other blogs whether it’s a straight up running blog or a foodie\/running blog, and that is pace bashing.\u00a0 This negative talk when someone completes a run and is disappointed in their pace.<\/p>\n

I will tell you right now that I HATE THIS and it makes me cringe and not want to come back when I read someone doing it.<\/p>\n

Pace bashing and negative talk is when someone says something like, “I ran 8 miles today at a 9:30 pace and that is so freaking slow! I know I can run faster than that.\u00a0 UGH! How could I run so slow.\u00a0 What a crap run.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Have you seen that before because I see it all the darn time.<\/p>\n

Talk like this may or may not make me want to kick you in the shin.<\/em><\/p>\n

I get having a crappy run.\u00a0 It happens to all runners.\u00a0 And I get maybe having a goal pace in mind and not really reaching that during the run.\u00a0 It’s good to have goals.\u00a0 I can also understanding knowing that you are capable of running faster and being a bit frustrated when it doesn’t happen. I don’t get beating yourself up about a pace.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I started running my pace was over 11min\/mile.\u00a0 When I ran my first half my pace was 12:30min\/mile.\u00a0 Yes I was dealing with two injuries but it would have been around there anyway.\u00a0 I tend to run a bit slower during a new-to-me route. Whatever. When I’m running a big distance like that, my focus is on my run and not stressing about pace.\u00a0 Eventually as I started losing weight my pace got a bit faster.\u00a0 That’s a pretty natural evolution with running.<\/p>\n

I am not a speed demon.\u00a0 I’m not running an 8min\/mile or even close.<\/p>\n

Recently, as in last week, I realized that I ran my first sub 10min\/mile pace.\u00a0 I was ecstatic! Like bouncing off the walls happy because holy crap that is freaking fast.\u00a0 FAST!<\/p>\n

Then I read a blog where some chick was bashing herself for running that same pace for 8 miles.\u00a0 She thought it was too slow and she can totally do better than that.<\/p>\n

Way to kill my buzz girlie.<\/p>\n

I’m a good runner and I’m confident in my abilities but I’m also human, and yes I can sort of be deflated easily for a minute when I see someone complain like that.\u00a0 It’s like, “Jeeze if they think that is slow, then my normal pace must be like crawling to them.”<\/p>\n

Then I got over it quickly because I’m not going to let some Negative Nancy kill my day.<\/p>\n

I sort of want to shake them and say, “Did you forget that you just ran X number of miles? That is awesome! The majority of people don’t even do close to that in a day.\u00a0 So hooray for you!” <\/em><\/p>\n

I have been guilty of bashing my pace before and that was early on in my running career.\u00a0 I stopped doing it once I realized that by writing out such thoughts and negativity, I was putting that out for everyone to see.\u00a0 It had the possibility of affecting someone else in a negative way and I do not want that.\u00a0 I am a supporter.\u00a0 I want people to feel good about running and exercise and their accomplishments.\u00a0 I do not want them to feel deflated for what they just did.<\/p>\n

Because the truth is, we have no idea who reads our blogs.\u00a0 Sure stats and whatever might give you a rough impression but the majority of people don’t comment.\u00a0 What if someone is reading your blog for inspiration and then sees you bashing yourself over a stinkin’ pace?\u00a0 What if they won’t go for a run because if they don’t meet your pace, they might feel like a failure?<\/p>\n

Wouldn’t you rather support someone to get out there and do something and be a positive force as opposed to being negative and possibly discouraging another?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why put out that kind of negative energy as a response to completing something very positive? You’re not only affecting yourself but also others that you might not even be aware of.<\/p>\n

Stop the pace bashing and the negative running talk!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(I’m in the green top and white hat)\u00a0 No Tuesday Tip today guys because I want to talk about something that I’ve been thinking about for a while now. After thinking about it even more, this topic is two-fold.\u00a0 I’ll talk about the second half in another post. Part I: There is one thing that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58,52],"tags":[53],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-2Qr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10939"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}