No Boundaries - Discouraged

As runners we have a good runs and bad runs. I have talked about my bad runs. I'm taking a different point of view this time. This time I am talking as a coach. Last night a few of my No Boundaries people felt down. The run/walk folks were going to run for 3 minutes and walk for 1 minute. The program calls for that interval - 4 times. Instead what we normally do is the intervals, but going the same distance as the runners, which last night was 2 miles.

Some of the folks were down because they either walked more, or they did the interval they were supposed to do, and not cover the 2 miles. It was also a very warm night, which we have not had in Chicago for a while. I urged them not to be so hard on themselves. I pointed out that no one stopped running, everyone kept moving forward. That did not seem to help. Over the next day or so I am going to look for something to share with them, so they won't feel so bad.

Still this is a good lesson - not every run will be as successful as we like. I may need reminding of this at various points in the next few months - gently remind me. Not all runs are PR's. Not all runs are victorious. What we learn from these runs is the more important thing.

Charlie