I’ve had a strange experience today. I completed the run, regretting eating pasta an hour before (made me feel a bit sick, won’t be doing that again), but don’t feel any sort of pride, or the usual high afterwards of checking another one off the list. Maybe it’s because I had a peek and discovered the rest of the programme is just one long run per session. Maybe it was the pasta.
Must go to Pinterest and find a motivational statement about how the occasional ‘bad’ run is normal, not to give up etc...
You've done the training for it though, so there's no reason it won't be fine. Just remember to pace yourself, slower than normal until you get used to the longer runs. Better to start slow and have enough left in the tank for a faster 2 minutes at the end, than to set off like a rocket and run out of puff before the end.
Sorry, but that made me laugh. Yes, a big meal before can really drag you down.
Peeking ahead, well that can work just like sneaking a peak at a Christmas pressie under the tree... takes all the anticipation away.
It's a different mental battle when you shift into the long runs. There's a deep rooted fear that we can't do it. But you can and will.
Every run cannot be great but there's something great in every run 👍
Nothing worth achieving is easy. 😉
That's the PERFECT quote! JoJo 👍😍