love...Love...LOVED this article!!!! Its kinda long but i cut and pasted a few of my favorite points. ;-) This has DEFINITELY been MY experience! ** The team was, in other words, out of my league. Megan insisted, assuring me there were multiple pacing groups, and that Id be fine. I rambled on about not being fast enough, the drive was too far, and other excuses, until she shook her head. Michelle, she said. Youll get faster with the group. ** The magic of the group is that each time one person takes a step up, everyone else follows suit, ** Whether youre Shalane Flanagan or a back-of-the-packer, you are more apt to show up and finish a workout when someone else is counting on you. **With a group, youre more willing to grind out harder workouts, more willing to hang on, **Getting out of your comfort zone is how youll see results, **I loved feeling a part of something. Loved the energy at the track. Loved the fast girls shouting, Looking good, ladies! as they zipped by. Wed holler (or gasp) back, You, too! The happy consequence of all this camaraderie: more miles. **The power of a groups welcoming atmosphere, or a training partners ear, is hard to overstate
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:17:47 +0000