Tuesday, December 7, 2010

A Message from My Cute Dad

(Hope you don't mind, Pop.)


Hey there, my Darling!

I thought I'd give you my observations about your Las Vegas experience, since I do feel like an old hand at the running business. 

I wouldn't be too upset about your time. You accomplished the important things...being involved in something that means a lot to you, doing the work to get in condition to go the distance, and taking the time and spending the money to participate in the event with all the other supportive folks.

As for your performance, I think it turned out well enough. In following your preparations, you really weren't able to do enough work to have a solid performance. There are so many factors that go into consistency. You need to train appropriately, have good nutrition, don't get pre-started on the day (get too emotional prior to the event which raises your blood pressure), and be injury free during preparations and the race. 

All in all, I would rate everything a success!

By the way, thanks for the Christmas gift! We will love eating the steaks, etc.

Love always, POP

3 comments:

Tory said...

That was a really sweet message!

tenacious d said...

My dad is pretty sweet.

Deenwie said...

Yes, he's defnitely a loving daddy. And he's also right - you accomplished so much, Diane! At any time you could have looked at all the hard things going on in your life, and decided not to pursue this goal, but you did the Tenacious D thing and kept going. To me you are a great example, and a fantastic woman!

My Rad Life!