tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291143103033467520.post3134438195776792917..comments2023-12-30T21:42:48.787-04:00Comments on Figuring it out: Running lessons: Imperfection might be good enoughJan Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882825000995177531noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291143103033467520.post-72051037713154179552013-07-11T09:27:45.007-03:002013-07-11T09:27:45.007-03:00Thanks, Keith. "Acceptably good". I like...Thanks, Keith. "Acceptably good". I like that. Wine too. We really must arrange a time to raise a glass together one days soon. ;-)Jan Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01882825000995177531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291143103033467520.post-26766590138110464492013-07-10T23:39:40.072-03:002013-07-10T23:39:40.072-03:00This is something I've struggled with. Once I ...This is something I've struggled with. Once I realized that the real trick is to define acceptably good, you are way further down the road. Acceptably good for me often means having a draft for discussion and further polishing, or a spreadsheet that gives analytical numbers to a certain degree. Some things are in or out of scope. Arranging for perfection at that point is dumb, since it's just a milestone.<br /><br />Things like running goals are harder. I know lots of people get hung up on a time, but I think it's more circumstantial than that. So many things affect race performance. At the end of it, the important thing is to be happy with yourself about it. If you know you pushed as hard as possible and going any further was starting to risk injury, then regardless of your time, you should be happy. If you goofed somehow, on pacing or nutrition for example, you might know you could have run a bit faster, so you might not be happy. Then again, some people mess up, and still break their time goal, which is then tainted because they KNEW they could have gone faster. It's all a mind game, and so easy to beat yourself up.<br /><br />Now, what were we talking about? Wine. I'm sure it was wine. Why is my glass empty?Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09364395150014197905noreply@blogger.com