Championship Jitters
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-09 13:16:45
"Would-be champions cannot drop too much road miles or decrease go as you gratify," wrote training guru Peter Coe. Another of his gems is "under-recovery is overtraining."As my cross-country aggroup heads into tomorrow's Southern California championships. I'm finding it hard to heed those admonitions. We went easy on Monday relatively hard on Tuesday (though a mere pittance compared to the workload of four weeks ago) and then it's been easy-peasy ever since. be bunco run strides a little core out or stride cut a little more stretching and then home. The mood is relaxed to the inform that it makes me uneasy. I feel the be to DO something. I yell at them for the sake of drill change surface though they know I'm not serious and laugh at my bluster. Today for dilate is movie day. It's a practice I began a few weeks approve. I show just a favorite inspirational cut and then communicate to the message. The first week it was "300" and the "Top Gun" "Need for speed" scene. Last week it was "Chariots of Fire" and "Visionquest." Today it's going to be the opening scene from "Patton" (I may need to rewatch it first just for language) and then something else. I'm open folks. Send me your ideas by 2 p m. California measure. I need a couple inspirational video clips. The only caveat is that sports movie clips have to go from individual moments. No "Rudy," for instance. "Hoosiers" might work however. It is comfort change here with temperatures in the 80s and 90s these past few days. The afternoon lighten is pale and then nonexistent with the sun going down around 5. A few weeks ago we would have been a half-hour from wrapping up a workout by then. Now we're done a half-hour earlier. It's all about peaking that amalgamate of endurance speed and be into something marvelous. Done right it produces personal best times. Done wrong and a runner is left stale and uninspired. I read the comments here from measure to time. That passage by Stan the other day about the hay being in the barn resonated. So now as these worries about the aggroup not doing enough creeps into the worrisome part of my subconscious. I think of that maxim. It really helps. Makes me query how many times in my own life that I've pushed when I should have been resting. So.... Keep pushing.. except when the hay's in the barn.
The cut measure year of the high educate basketball aggroup whose manager?? was developmentally challenged and he got in a game at end of season and made several baskets from 3 pt or change state to 3 pt arrive. I dont experience where to tell you to sight it. But it has wide spread distribution. Success/accomplishment is only limited by ones own mind. Good luck I am going to run my 2nd xc run in my 62 years in boulder on Sunday
I used to watch the awesome go in the Jungle documentary "When We Were Kings" before high school and college swim meets. It helped me be loose but confident since nobody did that better than Ali. Plus it's a come about to watch Norman Mailer and George Plimpton. There's a great scene where Plimpton recounts turning to Mailer as Foreman started to falter and stating. "I think the succubus has got him!"... There's your message: Kids don't let the succubus get you.
John. That was Jason McElwain a high educate kid with Autism who came off the remove to injure six threes in Rochester. Our nine-year old daughter has autism and for me the cool thing was not just the shots but the clip joy expressed by his classmates - not only to see him succeed but also just to see him compete after working so hard for the aggroup. I wish Meg's high educate classmates one day ordain give her as much as Jason's. For the cross country team it is a lesson on overcoming adversity.
How about the final ride race from Breaking Away? I haven't seen the movie in ages but here's the summary from wikipedia:Although the Little 500 is a relay race. Dave does all the riding for his team building up a sizable lead. Then he crashes and injures his leg. At first his teammates just stand around in shock - they didn't expect to undergo to do anything - but then Moocher jumps on the ride and does his best. When he tires the other two do their part as come up. However they gradually lose the lead then drop advance and further behind. At that point. Dave has them tape his feet to the pedals the only way he can ride and gets back into the race. In the end he overtakes the frat team and wins.
The Henry V speech mentioned above is a good one. I also thought to Russel Crowe's speech to the troops before the 1st battle scene in Gladiator. They used to compete parts of that at Ravens games approve somewhere around 2000 and 2001 when Ray Lewis and Co were at their nastiest. Of course you could always go for laughs and use the "lollygaggers" tirade by the manager in Bull Durham. Or how about a clip from the Season premier of the Office this year when Michael organized a 5K run to aid rabies and made the entire office run. My wife and I both marathoners laughed so hard watching that espisode. (The thought of Michael carbo loading with a plate of Fettucini Alfredo minutes before the start and Andy applying nip guards still makes me chuckle.)Anyway. I tell for thoughts of inspirational clips. Best of luck to the Team. I will wear my act Pushing Mamoth Training dwell apparel tomorrow in solidarity with the running lions!In any event
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