If you could do it all over again

I wasn't running at 18, just mountain bike racing. I would've probably cycled less as I got burnt out on it.

I would have been thinking of other careers. I would have got a degree in engineering or in teaching. I would not have gone to law school after college and if I did, that teaching certificate would have been a big plus as a fall back career.

I would have voted Republican since I became old enough to vote.

If I could go back.............I'd take state.

RunHarwell wrote:

You're 18 again. How do you alter your short- and long-term training?

Well, in the big picture it wouldn't make a darned bit of difference. I ran at a D1 school and had a small scholarship. The best I could hope for would be to run at a BETTER D1 school and receive a BETTER scholarship. Regardless of how I trained I was never going to be FL champ or a future Olympian.

I would do myself a better service if "to do it all over" meant worrying LESS about running and more about school and future employment.

Eat better. I thought I was burning all the calories I ate. Turns out, I should have been 118 running that much not 138.

Wisco Law Guy wrote:

I would have been thinking of other careers. I would have got a degree in engineering or in teaching. I would not have gone to law school after college and if I did, that teaching certificate would have been a big plus as a fall back career.

Do you can get a teaching cert. by taking a few classes here of there. It's not hard.

I am doing it all over again. Don't use age as a barrier.

322332 wrote:

I would have voted Republican since I became old enough to vote.

Republicans. Consistently the most boring posters on LRC (besides atheists).

GottaSayIt wrote:

Wisco Law Guy wrote:

I would have been thinking of other careers. I would have got a degree in engineering or in teaching. I would not have gone to law school after college and if I did, that teaching certificate would have been a big plus as a fall back career.

Do you can get a teaching cert. by taking a few classes here of there. It's not hard.

In Wisconsin it takes longer than one might think, but the biggest issue is pay. What I would make as a starting teacher compared to my pay now makes doing it impractical, especially since my bank wants me to pay my mortgage every month.

I think if I had a teaching certificate I would have left the practice of law within a few years when I was making much less. In that case it would have been easier to take the pay cut.

45 going on 18 wrote:

Don't use age as a barrier.

That's the right spirit!

I would consider not running at all or maybe just three days a week.I would spend more time meeting new people and going out and doing regular person things.I would still go to college but I would focus entirely on academics and ignore all the athletics stuff.Total waste of time and meaningless in the scheme of things.

RunHarwell wrote:

You're 18 again. How do you alter your short- and long-term training?

Personally, I'd spend a lot of time strengthening my achilles' and feet, so I could log more injury free miles.

(Obviously if we could back further, we'd all be running barefoot on dirt trails to elementary school, but I think 18 is a better hypothetical).