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Wednesday Jul 26, 2006 #
Road Run warm up/down 17:14 [2] 2.34 mi (7:22 / mi)
shoes: Adidas a3 Prowl
A fairly brisk warmup through Berlin. Feeling pretty good.
Interval Training intervals 39:40 [5] 5.9 mi (6:43 / mi)
shoes: Adidas a3 Prowl
Did 3-2-1 pyramid tempo intervals on the Lyman Loop with 1 minute easy jogging in between each one. Legs felt great, and it felt really good to be doing some tempo work.
Road Run warm up/down 17:32 [1] 2.0 mi (8:46 / mi)
shoes: Adidas a3 Prowl
Did a real easy cool down out to the first mile on the course and back. That workout felt really good on my body.
Note
Today Spike wrote in his blog about looking on the bright side. He wrote: "Pick something that seems like it might not be the best situation, then take a slightly different view and think about the strengths of the situation."
That is definitely very good advice, and so I thought I would spend some time thinking about my situation.
There are obvious many downsides to my situation at the moment which are keeping me from training the way that I want to and need to. However, the purpose of this exercise is to think about what my current strengths are.
I guess my biggest strength right now is that I have lots of time to focus on training. I am only working in the mornings, and even though I have to get up early, I can usually take a nap in the afternoon if I am feeling tired, and then still have time for a run in the evening. While it may be quite hot during the day, I have discovered that I am pretty comfortable biking in the heat, so I can bike during the day time and run in the evenings.
With all of this time I should be able to get in some very decent physical training.
My biggest strength is my love for the sport. There is no way I could do much running training if it weren't for Orienteering because running can suck pretty bad. I am pretty much an O-Geek and that is my life. I spend all day thinking about Orienteering, from training to developing the sport, and so I am pretty focused. It is very difficult to maintain a good training schedule and stay focused throughout the year without people around you to help motivate you, and so I need to rely on my addiction to all things Orienteering to help keep me motivated. Of course Attackpoint makes this much easier, giving me many smaller things to focus on that help keep me motivated through the longer stretches without much Orienteering.
I would say that my natural ability for Orienteering is definitely one of my strengths. I really haven't done much Orienteering specific training compared to most of the good Juniors in Europe, and so I am pretty lucky to be as good as I am. Unfortunately I don't feel like I have improved all that much over the years because I haven't been doing enough training, and so I almost feel like I am still at the same level I was when I was 14.
Of course I know that this isn't true, but the fact that I haven't done much training yet means that I have a lot of potential if I can just get my life organized to allow me to train the way I need to.
Well, it is nice to think about all the good things for once. I probably focus on my problems a bit too much, and I think it definitely helps my motivation to remind myself of the strengths of my current situation, whatever it may be.
Thanks Spike for the reminder.
That is definitely very good advice, and so I thought I would spend some time thinking about my situation.
There are obvious many downsides to my situation at the moment which are keeping me from training the way that I want to and need to. However, the purpose of this exercise is to think about what my current strengths are.
I guess my biggest strength right now is that I have lots of time to focus on training. I am only working in the mornings, and even though I have to get up early, I can usually take a nap in the afternoon if I am feeling tired, and then still have time for a run in the evening. While it may be quite hot during the day, I have discovered that I am pretty comfortable biking in the heat, so I can bike during the day time and run in the evenings.
With all of this time I should be able to get in some very decent physical training.
My biggest strength is my love for the sport. There is no way I could do much running training if it weren't for Orienteering because running can suck pretty bad. I am pretty much an O-Geek and that is my life. I spend all day thinking about Orienteering, from training to developing the sport, and so I am pretty focused. It is very difficult to maintain a good training schedule and stay focused throughout the year without people around you to help motivate you, and so I need to rely on my addiction to all things Orienteering to help keep me motivated. Of course Attackpoint makes this much easier, giving me many smaller things to focus on that help keep me motivated through the longer stretches without much Orienteering.
I would say that my natural ability for Orienteering is definitely one of my strengths. I really haven't done much Orienteering specific training compared to most of the good Juniors in Europe, and so I am pretty lucky to be as good as I am. Unfortunately I don't feel like I have improved all that much over the years because I haven't been doing enough training, and so I almost feel like I am still at the same level I was when I was 14.
Of course I know that this isn't true, but the fact that I haven't done much training yet means that I have a lot of potential if I can just get my life organized to allow me to train the way I need to.
Well, it is nice to think about all the good things for once. I probably focus on my problems a bit too much, and I think it definitely helps my motivation to remind myself of the strengths of my current situation, whatever it may be.
Thanks Spike for the reminder.