what you see isn't always what you get
with me either - apparently i have the ability to look like i am fine whereas I am screaming on the inside - "make this torture stop now!!!"
yeah so anyway i was back to training today. Sweat - Sean had programmed me for 6 x 600m reps. planned to take it a little easy, but it ended up being extremely hard. I guess that was inevitable. and I suspect I am not quite back to my best. I am seriously hating this constant backsliding though!!!
Rob told me that I looked ok (thanks rob!) but i was seriously hating every second of it. it hurt and i was getting so angry with myself for being so slow and unfit and not seeming to be able to improve any more. All completely counter productive thoughts for running well but there you have it. and just to top it off, me and alex were the only ones to have 6 reps - everyone else had 3,4 or 5.
afterwards i just sat down (not for long because sean was bugging me to cool down and run a few k - i did about 700m...) and felt rubbish. but i feel pretty good now for having got out there and done it. it wasn't pretty - but it is my first hard session back and i bloody did it. hmph. :)
splits were - 2.51, 3.00, 3.03, 3.02, 3.02, 3.06
7k all up
posted by Ellie80 @ 9:10 am
8 Comments:
You get that on the big jobs Ellie - sometimes it just IS hard - rather than see it as backsliding see it as just one more experiential learning step in getting to where you want to go - god that sounds patronising even to me ;-)
Cheers mate - you are doing fine - the good ones will come.
You'll soon be back to your normal self. You have improved soooo much in the last few months so a little plateau here and there is to be expected.
I'm definitely on for a Sunday run, only 90 mins so maybe we should do the coastal track for a change.
Perfect!! Just what you needed to wake yourself back into some serious work. These days always happen after a long rest - you'll feel sluggish for a day or two more, and then things will click again and you'll feel great.
Besides, how much better do you feel now that you've done it, as opposed to how you would have felt if you'd piked some or all of it?
It's not backsliding! It's consolidating... :-)
Push through. You'll be cool.
Gnome
Keep pushing & you WILL break through. These are the times that make the most difference. Keep smiling :-)
Can't have everyone breakthrough at the same time, hey 2P, it will be your turn next week Ellie.
Patience Ellie patience. You have improved rapidly since the beginning of the year. Your body has to adapt to the idea that you want it to go even faster. Try not to use too much emotional energy. The secret to running faster is staying relaxed. Just concentrate on doing the training. Before you know it, you will be having another breakthrough. Remember, you have to enjoy what you're doing. Just try and have some fun again.
Spot on Horrie. I reckon you are taking on too much with this tri stuff and putting too much pressure on yourself. If you aren't enjoying it then why the hell do it?
Sometimes because of this little community of runners we get an inflated sense of what is achievable or what we should be doing. We all want to run a marathon or do this or the other because we see everybody else doing it. It can take f'n years to build up to a sensible enough level to run a proper marathon. Get rid of your tri club and keep the sessions with Sean. Dedicate informal sessions to swimming and riding, until once you are feeling so comfortable with all discplines you feel ready to start proper tri training.
One thing I'm starting to find out is that despite all the immediate gratifications that you can get with money, a healthy body takes time to form and will break if you push it too hard. That and it becomes too much mentally when you do break as you keep feeling that you are failing.
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