First day of the third week
Holy Mergatroid!
I did a 500 meter warmup piece at a very high rate - 38-40spm - and pulled hard enough to keep the pace around 2:02, Then, after a 5 minute rest, I started a 600 meter race. This is an increase of 1/3 of the previous week, from 450m. I thought that I would get through the first 450 and then barely be able to finish that last (new) 150m but surprise, surprise - my brain had a different idea!
At about 175 m, My brain said "Nope, we will never be ale to finish this piece so stop!" and I did. After thirty seconds or so, I finally convinced my body to continue albeit at a slower rate than I wanted. Still, I was able to complete the piece and (ignoring the 30 seconds off for bad behaivour) I averaged 1:45. I know that no one else will accept that math, but I'm willing to do so. I'll have to see if tomorrow is better. Perhaps, the shortened warmup had something to do with it. Maybe it was just the fear of the longer race. I don't know. The mind / body / conciousnous connection is an unknown area for me at least.
I did a 500 meter warmup piece at a very high rate - 38-40spm - and pulled hard enough to keep the pace around 2:02, Then, after a 5 minute rest, I started a 600 meter race. This is an increase of 1/3 of the previous week, from 450m. I thought that I would get through the first 450 and then barely be able to finish that last (new) 150m but surprise, surprise - my brain had a different idea!
At about 175 m, My brain said "Nope, we will never be ale to finish this piece so stop!" and I did. After thirty seconds or so, I finally convinced my body to continue albeit at a slower rate than I wanted. Still, I was able to complete the piece and (ignoring the 30 seconds off for bad behaivour) I averaged 1:45. I know that no one else will accept that math, but I'm willing to do so. I'll have to see if tomorrow is better. Perhaps, the shortened warmup had something to do with it. Maybe it was just the fear of the longer race. I don't know. The mind / body / conciousnous connection is an unknown area for me at least.
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