Not every day is a great day. As every runner knows you have a lot of bad days. You actually have a lot of really bad days. But, you know, you push through them. Maybe you dont hit the pace that you wanted but you still get through it. Whenever I have a bad day I try to think what did I get out of this day. Maybe I didnt hit my mile split perfectly, but what did I get? Well I learned to push through discomfort and I learned how to position my body. So I try to go back to those places in races when it gets tough. I think Ive been here before and Ive pushed through and I got through. I really try to remind myself of all the times Ive pushed through bad times. I actually do that kind of leading up to the race. The night before the race and a couple nights before I look through my log book. I look through great workouts Ive had and I look at workouts that werent so great but that I still completed and got the most out of it that I could. That just helps me realize that theres going to be ups and downs in every training block and in every race. You just have to kind of stick with it and remind yourself youve been there and fought through it before and you can do it again. ~ Kara Goucher
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 14:46:21 +0000
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