Comments on: Confidence and cockiness

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:40:24 +0000

Thanks, Carrie! One of the things I’ve always admired about you was how supportive you are of everyone at any fitness level in any type of activity. You’re the model of a supportive athlete, for sure.

By: Christy

Christy — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:00:04 +0000

Thanks for posting this, Carrie. I’m a walker, and anytime I try to talk about the 10Ks I walk or the goal I have to complete a half-marathon, I get the same thing from runners and even the race-walkers on a walking forum I frequent. I think it’s human nature, all the one-upmanship, but it really grates on me when people feel the need to make themselves superior to others.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:21:17 +0000

Thank you THANK YOU for posting this. One of the things I’ve always appreciated is you replying to my tweets and being encouraging when I was tweeting things like OMG JUST RAN 5K! A year ago I was measuring time in seconds (couch potato to 5k) and this year I’m going ok, let’s increase speed and do the 10 miler and half again, but faster! I could be easily, easily discouraged because I don’t tend to be very fast, but having experienced runners like you and other friends be encouraging means the world. I saw that article a while ago and it just made me sad – we should be happy that all these people are working towards these goals! It doesn’t diminish YOUR medal for finishing super fast because I took a little longer…

By: Melanie

Melanie — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:04:42 +0000

I thought of you a couple weeks ago when my aunt & uncle were in town. My uncle was here to compete in the Ford Ironman. He’s 47yo and had NEVER run a marathon before. The farthest he had competed was a 1/2 marathon. I was amazed at the great group he trained / came with from his hometown. They were all wonderfully supportive and even though he broke his collarbone 6wks before the race — he still competed and completed the Ironman (with a fairly decent time, too) I wondered if you’d ever consider an Ironman? He was trying to talk me into 2011 here in AZ, but I fear I’m way too out of shape to consider that!

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:28:52 +0000

Oh, and woot holidailies!!

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:28:25 +0000

Yeah, I was thinking the other day how some people can be so jerkwad-ish about this….really? I’ve *never* done this before…EVER! So I have to thank you again for being cool I am slacking this week, but after the beating I took for three days last week (seriously!), I figured it’d be safer anyway – my feet are still swollen and my ankles don’t bend right yet! Saturday, Brittany and I will be back at the park