Uncover your inner athlete!

Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be eaten.. Each morning in Africa a lion awakes - it knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle or it will starve.


No matter if you are the lion or the gazelle, when the sun comes up you had better be running!



Thursday, June 21, 2012

Renewing passion for the run

Having completed the Comrades Marathon only 14 days ago, I have been doing what I normally would after this arduous task - resting and repairing the body. This has been a chance to eat extra ice cream and not feel guilty and also to partake in things that I didn’t get to do while training and racing hard - reading, writing, increased meditation, experimenting in the kitchen and the like.
Yesterday and this morning though I did break my own rule and headed out on a couple of quick runs. Monday was a short and sharp flat 10KM and this morning a hillier 6KM. Both were highly enjoyable and although the legs were humming, I think a little more rest and relaxation is not going to go amiss either. As Fordyce always says - rather too much rest than anything else.
I know though that one should also listen to the body both when injured and when coming back from a hammering. It will tell you when you are ready and judging by the twitching in the legs yesterday, they were ready for another run. Experiment with your own recovery, but recover nonetheless. Especially as we get older, we must make time for recovery. The body will only get stronger and more adept to handling the hard training if we build it in blocks or cycles.
Running together (while building the body in blocks) - stride for stride on a life changing ride! -- Sean Muller

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