weekly check-in

[ilanarama]

Happy Monday! Your inspirational quote for the day comes from Paavo Nurmi, who won 9 gold and 3 silver medals for Finland in middle- and long-distance running events in the 1920, 1924, and 1928 Olympics:

"Mind is everything: muscle--pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind."

How was your week, and what do you have planned for this week? And what kind of mental games and tricks do you use to stay on track when running is hard?

Comments

[cyphomandra]

I did a 10k race on Sunday - slow time, but I stuck to my target heart rate and felt fine at the end, with no hip problems! Then I did the kids' 2.5k with a friend's seven year old (friend still walking 10k), who was wildly excited for the first 500m ("I'm running! I'm running!") and then slightly less keen as we kept going... But he made it the whole way.

My biggest problem at the moment is getting out the door, as it's dark, cold and miserable, and there's been a fair bit of work stress. I'm not doing so well on the actual running (usually twice a week, plus once at the gym) but I bought the EA active program for the Wii and now even if I don't get outside I at least exercise. Plus it's very keen on making me do squats, which my physio approves of.

[ilanarama]

Yay for your 10K with no hip problems. And that's adorable that you ran with a friend's kid.

During our winter, I ran at lunchtime to maximize the warmth and light - maybe you can do that?