Full Circle — THAT PRETTY RUNNER

Would you be happy if your boyfriend paid for your competition to have a novel with a photoshoot, ironically of clothes you picked out by pointing to them in silence? Or just not care about them cutting her a check, if you will? In some of my businessy work experience, I had the opportunity to gain some insight from my boss’s side loves on how ‘writing competitions’ or ‘grants’ work behind the scenes, and I admire her being strict with a budget, because some people don’t pay attention and go obscenely over a budget. Every time you go over your budget is where you could be saving an obscene amount of money instead, just something to think about. No more no less, 10 is 10, 50 is 50, don’t let something become 1.50. In my personal life, that mentality made me stop and think, why is money going here and there? Or, these three glasses of wine cost both of my legs, or I cannot for the life of me justify this being in the budget, or this staying in the budget is some kind of sick joke, it’s me or the dog kinda stuff; this is not going to work for me, it just won’t. Over time I saved a lot of money after working for my boss. However, some items going over them with my boss, you would just feel the anger come off of me like ice from Elsa in Frozen; it’s funny. In the end, if something is over budget and matters in life and not just to someone for a personal reason, there can be a ‘buy out’ getting rid of something is not always ruining it. What are you going to do when your boyfriend buys the book deal of your worst nightmare? Laugh it of, I suppose. Perhaps, have a photoshoot that’s budget-less and a million times better; take a picture that will truly make them a richer man place it above the fire place for all to see whilst visiting.

My real topic is about how I lean towards things like having a private coach, and it may be from being spoiled with private violin lessons from my doctor instructors my entire life and making up my own events. There are so many politics in running for a company, which is why a lot of ‘professional runners’ just have a private coach and an unrelated job to running. I could have trained at altitude with a sponsored team the summer of 2018, but instead I had my private luxurious coach willing to work with me, create an altitude training project just for me. It was like how she would let me run race times on a private track during snowy winters. I spent two weeks at a time training in different locations for an entire summer, building towards a fall marathon. Looking back at the political issues of the sponsored group I could have trained with, I am so grateful to have a coach who coaches me for personal pleasure and knows all the things to instruct properly for my training.

That professional decision, and specific chapter, makes me think about my sophomore year of college. I could have transferred to a bigger university and run collegiately, but I stayed professional in the marathon distance, and with my small private school. My options that year were go study in Paris, add another major, or transfer to the big name. Guess which one I picked? The most responsible choice for me, adding another degree. My freshman year, I finished my ten class requirement towards a major resulting from starting college in highschool, and needed to add more, because more is more. I am such a private person, and try to avoid conflicts especially silly political team conflicts, but one girl saying something to a coach can make or break a person sometimes which is scary. You can forgive but you can’t forget, if drama actually affects your life, that person is on that list in the back of your brain where ‘NO’ going out to dinner and being friends is not an option.

Being a way with my private coach, gave me the luxury of avoiding a lot of trivial issues with drama in the more serious competitiveness, and then socially I did run clubs with drinks or yummy foods once a week or so; even underaged. If you are shy, it’s okay to run an official time on a track for a longer event like the marathon or half-marathon. Even recreationally, a marathon does not need to just be a day like it is for many, you will race what you run in practice no matter who you are. Tracks are awesome to utilize as an official time for an event or knowing what you will tentatively run in your event. I have private and public races, both types were very important to me thus far. Suggesting running official 10k, 15k, half marathon or full times on a track can blow some people’s minds and make some athletes feel better than other options would have. Everyone is different. If I am running an official time on a track, my chihuahuas can watch me, which is a plus for everyone.