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purple hayes
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 Posted: 08/23/04 - 12:16 Post subject: Turning frustration into faster times
Any tips on bottling up life's problems and letting them out during a hard run? I seem to have the bottling process down pat, but the letting it out during a run part gets a little confusing.
Before last week's speedwork session, I took a moment to sit down and focus on letting it all out and that seemed to work for the first few repeats, but I couldn't maintain focus for all of them.
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jrjo
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Posted: 08/23/04 - 12:19 Post subject:
I think that kinda 'fuel' works best on a tempo run.. at least for me. Pounding 20-minutes hard is a good release.
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megawill
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Posted: 08/23/04 - 12:24 Post subject:
| jrjo wrote: | | I think that kinda 'fuel' works best on a tempo run.. at least for me. Pounding 20-minutes hard is a good release. |
agree whole heartedly...if you take it out on the track you're likely to burn it all in the first 2-3 and won't have much left for the remaining...trying adding a mile or two at a challenging pace to your next tempo, when you're trying to unbottle something...you might be surprised at the result...
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shelee
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 23:01 Post subject:
I think you need Yoga for that. Then, the only thing you're worried about is getting yourself out of some strange twisty position without looking like a complete fool or falling down. And if you do fall down, you find you can laugh at yourself pretty easily...and apply that lesson to your life problems. It works...sometimes.
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CoachCraig
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Posted: 08/26/04 - 12:25 Post subject:
Honestly, making use of stress to push a run doesn't work at all for me, or for most other runners I know. The process of running helps relieve the stress, but the fact the stress was there to begin with significantly hurts the run.
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shelee
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Posted: 08/26/04 - 22:47 Post subject:
| CoachCraig wrote: | | Honestly, making use of stress to push a run doesn't work at all for me, or for most other runners I know. The process of running helps relieve the stress, but the fact the stress was there to begin with significantly hurts the run. |
I'd have to agree with this. It doesn't seem to help my running at all. If it did, I think I'd be blowing away my PR's at this point in my life. 
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akern
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Posted: 08/27/04 - 10:36 Post subject:
| CoachCraig wrote: | | Honestly, making use of stress to push a run doesn't work at all for me, or for most other runners I know. The process of running helps relieve the stress, but the fact the stress was there to begin with significantly hurts the run. |
It never helps me out. I'm more likely to just give up on it that have it drive me.
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