On Saturday morning I ran twelve miles. Since I had run 20 miles on the previous Saturday morning, in my head, this 12 miles seemed like nothing. I didn't wake up early, I hadn't hydrated well the day before and I ate part of a bagel just 15 minutes before I left to go run. And then I ran, pretty fast. Too fast. I ran the first 6 miles in 43min, and suddenly I realized I was only half-way done.
Needless to say, by the time I got to 8 miles, I was in a lot of pain. I just simply had not properly prepared myself for this run, mentally and nutritionally.
Later that day I was having coffee with a friend and we started talking about my training and he asked about my run. So honestly, I had to say, it was a bad 12 miles. He asked me if I had learned anything. Well, yes, I shouldn't have started out so fast, I need to better monitor my pace, I should have prepared more mentally, slept more during the week...etc. But he didn't leave it at that. He didn't just mean if I had learned about my running training, but if I had learned something about myself. These mistakes that I made with training- were they the same kind of mistakes that I make in the rest of my day to day life?
Woah.
I had really yet to consider this. I've been training for months, for this thing called a marathon. But have I not also been training for life?
Well, now that I think about it, yeah, I often start out too quickly in a lot of things. Sometimes I decide to take on more things that I can handle. Sometimes I start practicing viola, just playing notes, before I'm mentally prepared. My mind isn't ready to really think about the music and what I'm trying to express through it. Sometimes I forget to drink enough water, and forget take care of myself before helping others.
Every kind of training we do is an opportunity to learn. Every opportunity is a choice. Every choice is your future.
What did you learn today?
Love, Violamad
Needless to say, by the time I got to 8 miles, I was in a lot of pain. I just simply had not properly prepared myself for this run, mentally and nutritionally.
Later that day I was having coffee with a friend and we started talking about my training and he asked about my run. So honestly, I had to say, it was a bad 12 miles. He asked me if I had learned anything. Well, yes, I shouldn't have started out so fast, I need to better monitor my pace, I should have prepared more mentally, slept more during the week...etc. But he didn't leave it at that. He didn't just mean if I had learned about my running training, but if I had learned something about myself. These mistakes that I made with training- were they the same kind of mistakes that I make in the rest of my day to day life?
Woah.
I had really yet to consider this. I've been training for months, for this thing called a marathon. But have I not also been training for life?
Well, now that I think about it, yeah, I often start out too quickly in a lot of things. Sometimes I decide to take on more things that I can handle. Sometimes I start practicing viola, just playing notes, before I'm mentally prepared. My mind isn't ready to really think about the music and what I'm trying to express through it. Sometimes I forget to drink enough water, and forget take care of myself before helping others.
Every kind of training we do is an opportunity to learn. Every opportunity is a choice. Every choice is your future.
What did you learn today?
Love, Violamad
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