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

[sophinisba]

I ran four days last week for a total of 18 miles and was sad that I didn't make my goal, which was 20 miles. But I overdid some other stuff on Friday and could only manage a short run on Saturday.

However I'm feeling much better now because I did 6.4 miles this Sunday, the longest I've ever gone without taking a break, and am feeling a lot more confident now heading toward my first 10K on Saturday.

[ilanarama]

Oh, it's awesome that you are so prepared for your 10K. And 18 is pretty close to 20! Good work. I think ~20 mpw is really the sort of minimal baseline you need to be able to improve at all.

Good luck this Saturday!