My mantra this entire year has been a version of that: "mental toughness." I'll admit it has no poetic ring but I felt like I had plenty of mental toughness my first couple of years of running and lost it last year. That mantra is why I haven't quit at Mile 4 of planned 6 mile tempo runs or at repeat # 5 of 7 x 1,000 this year and I'm convinced it's one of the main reasons I set a new PR at the HM distance.
Short term goal: 2:59:59 (November, 2013)
Mid term goal: Any race over 80% of top AG standard
Long term goal: To say I've been a runner half my life. (I started running at age 45).
5K (6 total) PR: 28:16 (5/5/13) 10K (2 total) PR: 1:05:02 (5/19/13) 4M (3 total) PR:44:46 (4/7/13) [yet to "race" one of these all-out] 10M (1) 1:57:22 (6/15/13) HM TBD 10/12/13
Upcoming Races:
Baltimore 10 Miler 6/15/13
NY Giants Run of Champions 5K 6/23/13
Goal Race of 2013:
Baltimore Half Marathon 10/12/13
I've never had any problem with sucking it up while exercising. It's when I crouch on my knees to scrub the tub, then the shower and then the floor, that I cry a little. That's when I really need a "Suck it up, Buttercup. You ain't the Queen of England..."
PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013
Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013
Don't call me Buttercup!
LOL I *heart* you.
Slow and steady wins the.... wait a second! I've been lied to!
delicate flower
I think "Dude, relax." is a mantra I ought to use a little more often.
knee.
Beer-and-waffle Powered
+1 to HTFU, especially if you're on a bike.
I also like thinking "it doesn't hurt enough".
In the words of my late-coach : Just hang in there, relax... and at the end of a race anyone you see.....just pass them
More cowbell!
HTFU works nicely as well.
Not really. For me, that acronym has a very wimpy association. Last year I did my first Columbus Fall Challenge, a 2-day, 210-mile bike tour that has ~17,000 ft of climbing. The weather the first day was mid-40's and raining, and I saw two vehicles with the HTFU bumper sticker drive away from the parking lot with their bikes on top before we even started.
2013 Goals-as of Memorial Day
Running: 1600 miles total, 292.4 down-1307.6 to go.
Cycling: 2000 miles total, 596 down-1404 to go. Riding with my wife on her 1st century
Swimming: 80K total, 17.5 down-62.5 to go.
HAVING FUN!!!
I'm constantly thinking "relax, relax" during my runs, even during tempos and speed work. But when it all starts to really fall apart, I start cursing my head off... all the real bad ones, too.
I've embarassed myself a few times and had to say "excuse me" when I didn't realize I was around normal people.
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