gidget1978
Cathlete
I have a question regarding pushing yourself out of your comfort zone, in order to be faster and fitter. I hope I am making sense here.
So I am training for an upcomming race (in 3 weeks...ick!
my stomach hurts! LOL) and I am have one speed training day a week and 1 hill training..with many other days of course. I find I am pushing myself harder on those 2 days then any other, for obvious reasons.
There are better days then others of course, like anything. So today I ran on the TM but didn't go as fast or climb as high as I did the last time. Probably b/c it was 6 in the morning, instead of in the afternoon.
DO you still think you get gains from this? Im pushing myself to the point where I want to throw up a couple of times but yet Im not going as fast as I went last week, nor am I climbing as I? Do you still get gains? Is pushing yourself, still pushing yourself regardless of last weeks time?
I would like to do good in this race and today when getting ready for work, I opened up the drawer with my certificate and time from my last race and I remembered how well I did. I placed 66 out of over 1000 females. I wanted to do this up comming race just to say I did it but now looking at my other certificate, I would like to atleast finish in the 100's b/c there are only 400 people racing. This race is much longer though and much tougher.
So I am training for an upcomming race (in 3 weeks...ick!
my stomach hurts! LOL) and I am have one speed training day a week and 1 hill training..with many other days of course. I find I am pushing myself harder on those 2 days then any other, for obvious reasons.There are better days then others of course, like anything. So today I ran on the TM but didn't go as fast or climb as high as I did the last time. Probably b/c it was 6 in the morning, instead of in the afternoon.
DO you still think you get gains from this? Im pushing myself to the point where I want to throw up a couple of times but yet Im not going as fast as I went last week, nor am I climbing as I? Do you still get gains? Is pushing yourself, still pushing yourself regardless of last weeks time?
I would like to do good in this race and today when getting ready for work, I opened up the drawer with my certificate and time from my last race and I remembered how well I did. I placed 66 out of over 1000 females. I wanted to do this up comming race just to say I did it but now looking at my other certificate, I would like to atleast finish in the 100's b/c there are only 400 people racing. This race is much longer though and much tougher.
