This week I was reminded of the importance of using training
for precisely that – training and not racing or straining.
Many times when we as humans find ourselves in a large group then the tendency is for us to get competitive and a training run of a certain pace turns into a race to see who can make it home the quickest. This is by far not the way we should be using our training sessions.
Training should be comfortably hard but not leaving everything lying on the track so that we are suitably wiped out for the next session. You want to be able to get out of bed and run a good session the next day to.
There are no medals, ribbons, trophies or prize money for the hardest trainers in the group.
In short – save your best efforts for the race day. They will be suitably rewarded then.
Running together (while not straining in training), stride for stride on a life changing ride! – Sean Muller.
Many times when we as humans find ourselves in a large group then the tendency is for us to get competitive and a training run of a certain pace turns into a race to see who can make it home the quickest. This is by far not the way we should be using our training sessions.
Training should be comfortably hard but not leaving everything lying on the track so that we are suitably wiped out for the next session. You want to be able to get out of bed and run a good session the next day to.
There are no medals, ribbons, trophies or prize money for the hardest trainers in the group.
In short – save your best efforts for the race day. They will be suitably rewarded then.
Running together (while not straining in training), stride for stride on a life changing ride! – Sean Muller.
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