A true run…
I’ve just had an amazing run in the forest - and I really mean run. Probably for the first time ever I truely ran. Not jogged. Not cruised. Really, truely ran.
I really pushed it today and it felt completely different. My knees were coming up higher and my stride was longer. And I didn’t feel like I was doing the Charleston and kicking out to the side so much - hopefully an improvement thanks to Lawrence!
It was hard going, but it was actually more enjoyable. I could feel myself working harder - I even generated a wind whistle past my ears. Today I felt a little less like a pretender and a little more like Sam Warriner. And, even more importantly, I knocked two minutes off my time around that course. Stoked!
I feel as if I have reached a bit of a mental turning point. More and more, every time I train, I can visualise myself getting through Ironman and getting across the finish line. Again, I have absolutely no doubt that I have a long, hard road ahead, but once you get your mind switched on and can visualise a successful outcome, it becomes so much easier.
I am going to make this happen.
And then, to top it all off, Live’s Lightning Crashes came on my MP3 player as I was stretching by the car. The perfect end to a great run!