Running Rants
I ran ten miles on Saturday afternoon at George Pierce Park- I have never run that long straight through before- I was rather excited, and I could have gone longer
But it was probally dumb, because my foot is hurt, and it was in such pain the whole time- Coach woul not let me run yesterday or today- I missed the meet today. I just want my foot to be better. I better do well on Saturday- I'm going to PR, I have to.
I have decided that when I no longer run cross country or races, I am going to run slow distance all the time- I love it
When I'm practicing or going on a leisure run, running is relaxing and energizing. It's an alone time to think, to relax, to explore.
But when I race, it's intense. It's about pushing through pain and exaustion. It's about running hard when your body tells you to give up. Because for every part of my body that tells me to collapse and break, twice as much of my mind tells me to push through and run harder. Most of running is mental.
Mental is the part that takes over when you kow you are 200 yards from the finnish line and you begin to sprint with energy that comes from pure adrenaline. Mental is the part that keeps your muscles moving and your feet lifting up steep hills and through trails when you thught you had no more energy. Mental is the crowd chering for you, and mental is you knowing that you can't disappoint yourself or them.
Mental is the focus that keeps you running hard and passing the runners in front of you, the focus that will not allow your mind to think of anything but the race and where your feet will fall next.
I went to dark club today- hell ya
And it's begining to smell a lot like fall- I love it.
But it was probally dumb, because my foot is hurt, and it was in such pain the whole time- Coach woul not let me run yesterday or today- I missed the meet today. I just want my foot to be better. I better do well on Saturday- I'm going to PR, I have to.
I have decided that when I no longer run cross country or races, I am going to run slow distance all the time- I love it
When I'm practicing or going on a leisure run, running is relaxing and energizing. It's an alone time to think, to relax, to explore.
But when I race, it's intense. It's about pushing through pain and exaustion. It's about running hard when your body tells you to give up. Because for every part of my body that tells me to collapse and break, twice as much of my mind tells me to push through and run harder. Most of running is mental.
Mental is the part that takes over when you kow you are 200 yards from the finnish line and you begin to sprint with energy that comes from pure adrenaline. Mental is the part that keeps your muscles moving and your feet lifting up steep hills and through trails when you thught you had no more energy. Mental is the crowd chering for you, and mental is you knowing that you can't disappoint yourself or them.
Mental is the focus that keeps you running hard and passing the runners in front of you, the focus that will not allow your mind to think of anything but the race and where your feet will fall next.
I went to dark club today- hell ya
And it's begining to smell a lot like fall- I love it.