Did not want to do this. Lost a bit of confidence with a few not so good runs. Procrastinated a bit but got myself out the door! Kept elevation low. Didn’t think I’d get it done, especially at mile 7. The mind gives up before the body, pushed on and even managed an extra 2 mins to round up to 12 miles, with no stopping too. So pleased I got it done 😊
Superb. So pleased you got out there. Mental toughness will have gone up a bit. I think sometimes we look at the session as a whole and it can be a bit daunting and almost stop us getting out there. What can help is having a mindset, where you tell yourself, right I’m going to lace up the trainers and just run for 10 mins, then when I’ve done 10 mins, I’ll do another 10 and just keep going, you’ll probably find at different stages of a long run, the mind and body will be all over the place. At 30 mins you might feel awful, at 100 mins you might feel like you can keep going, like today where you actually did 2 extra to top up. So always try and focus on smaller sections and I find that helps. You’re running at a good pace too and potentially, if you wanted we could try and pair up with others on Team Orange. Michael and Lindsey did 90 mins together this morning (that might have been an option). Just wanted put that out there too. But awesome, so well done, you should be proud of yourself for ticking that one off as would have been easy to stay in. Great stuff Lou.
Coach Simon 🍊
