Tuesday 5km
Just a leisurely half hour recovery run around the Waniora area this morning.
Even though this was such a nice easy run, there was a slight mental difficulty to deal with. After the level of effort involved over the last couple of runs I felt like I was really slacking off today. As I was kicking along thoughts popped into my head about how I could get too used to this, and the temptation to lift the intensity increased. But the program said "Recovery" so recovery it was! Unfortunately I left it at home, but these are the sort of runs whether I’ve always found the heart rate monitor particularly useful to help make sure I keep it relaxed.
Even though this was such a nice easy run, there was a slight mental difficulty to deal with. After the level of effort involved over the last couple of runs I felt like I was really slacking off today. As I was kicking along thoughts popped into my head about how I could get too used to this, and the temptation to lift the intensity increased. But the program said "Recovery" so recovery it was! Unfortunately I left it at home, but these are the sort of runs whether I’ve always found the heart rate monitor particularly useful to help make sure I keep it relaxed.
posted by PortRunr @ 10:17 am
5 Comments:
At 10:47 am,
Mandy said…
Have you not read my goose rants? It's damn near mandatory.
At 1:44 pm,
miners said…
good restraint shown mate - and you're right, you have plenty of time before the big race.
Well done on the map spotting btw - I'll get the video to you sometime, however even better, I have someone making me up a DVD of the race coverage, and it also includes a copy of the coverage of the Monaco Half IM (very hilly, but amazingly scenic) as well in case you need more inspiration!
At 2:55 pm,
Mandy said…
Ironmen in the bushes..ugh!!! the heat...eating at my brain...ugh!!
At 6:54 pm,
TD said…
Short but interesting post, Paul. Our minds can play curious little games and I agree with miners that you showed good restraint. That's not always easy to do.
Thanks also for your regular comments on my blog. I really appreciate them. I've noticed your comments on many blogs, which shows you are good people person as well as a runner.
At 9:15 am,
Sekhmet said…
I too find it really hard on recovery runs - the temptation to up the pace is nearly unbearable! But we all know that we grow stronger and fitter during our rest and recovery phases....It's a shame those little competitive voices in our heads won't listen though!
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