Mental Game

I was explaining to someone the other day that you can't just wake up and run 42.2km - for weeks and months before Canberra every time I went for a training run I mentally prepared so that when I woke up on race day I knew I would do it, no doubt, no "I can't", there was no other option but to cross the finish line.

Recently I have been congratulating myself just for getting out of bed to go for a run or continuing in the heat - - - really... I realised yesterday that this attitude isn't helping because it has allowed me to walk up those hills and not run quite as far as planned.

Its time to toughen up mentally - stick to the training schedule exactly, no excuses...

I think another reason is that Paris still feels so far away but actually (for my benefit) it is only 19 weeks from today!

So for accountability here is this weeks plan (that I am sticking to!!)
Monday night lazy 4k to the pool 1k swim
Tuesday Lunch - 5.5k fast
Wednesday Lunch - 3k time trial - the last BGI one
Saturday morning 10k to/from and around Centennial Park