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

[gnomad]

This past week was pretty good. It was my last but training week before tapering and I managed 3 runs, one regular and two as part of bricks. My mileage is still pretty low (9 miles, thereabouts), but the past few weeks I'd only been doing two runs per week, so I'm pleased I finally got in 3.

My main mental trick with running is to zone out and think about things that are not running related. Plot fic, think about an upcoming event, etc. I'm also a big fan of having a place to go or a route to follow because then I'm not just running, I'm going on a journey. In this journey I just happen to be traveling on foot, and lo, running will get me faster than walking. This is why treadmills drive me batty.

[ilanarama]

Hee, I do a lot of zoning out, too. And I think that I have plotted some of my best stories while running.

And yay taper time!