I was not feeling good from the start of the day. For how I had been feeling I pulled myself together pretty well for this workout. A few mistakes I think I can learn from today, I stayed up too late doing homework yesterday, I didn't bring enough food today, and I was psychologically just stressed and thinking too much about everything I need to do, also if I complain about not feeilng good my workout is always ruined. I need to keep a positive view on everything in order to be successful. I need to step back and take a deep breathe and keep working. When I joined the team Coach Murphy said that being successful in this sport takes a lot of hard work patience, and consistency. I think another thing I need to work on is being resilient and staying calm. Todays workout was 4x800m and then 4x200m. 800s were 2:30 2:30 2:33 2:32, 200s were 32 31 30 30. I know I can run 4 sub 2:30 800m reps in a row but I wasn't feeling amazing today and I was having trouble shifting gears, it was a tough workout but I should have pushed harder on the 2nd laps of the final 800s. I need a watch, if I had known that I was slow on those last 2 800s I would have definitely pushed it. The 200s felt great, they were easy, I kind of made up for a being a little slow on the 800s with being a little fast. It might not work that way physically, but mentally it helps me. If I can concentrate while running well for the rest of the week, and I do all my school work, I will have a lot less stress. It just feels like a lot is on the line right now and I need to work hard. I'm going to do a few more miles tonight after some homework just so I can feel better and clear my head.
Later- I miscalculated my mileage earlier, it was 6.5, a little more. I ran 2.2 miles, I ran the first half with my brother. I am feeling good now, I am really happy I went on that run.
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