Sunday, September 27, 2009

After a Bad Run

A good part of running is mental. A good run can quickly get off track the minute your mind tries to defeat you. Yesterday was not a stellar run as I posted. Now that run is stuck in my head, and I don't know how to get it out. I don't want to be thinking about it on my next run, or even on race day. So how do I get it out of my head?

Elite athletes struggle with this. I know they do, because they talk about the why they didn't win, or why they didn't PR. So I know it stays with them. I am not the kind of person who can NOT think about things. So how do you move on?

Maybe you on only focus on the run ahead? Maybe you turn up the IPod? I don't know. This will be my challenge this week.

Charlie

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