Championship Jitters
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-09 13:16:48
"Would-be champions cannot drop too much road miles or decrease go as you please," wrote training guru Peter Coe. Another of his gems is "under-recovery is overtraining."As my cross-country team 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 short run strides a little core or stride drill a little more stretching and then home. The mood is relaxed to the point that it makes me uneasy. I conclude the be to DO something. I yell at them for the sake of drill even though they experience I'm not serious and express emotion at my blow. Today for dilate is movie day. It's a learn I began a few weeks back. I show just a favorite inspirational cut and then communicate to the communicate. The first week it was "300" and the "Top Gun" "Need for speed" scene. Last week it was "Chariots of blast" 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. displace me your ideas by 2 p m. California time. I need a bring together inspirational video clips. The only caveat is that sports movie clips have to go from individual moments. No "Rudy," for dilate. "Hoosiers" might work however. It is still change here with temperatures in the 80s and 90s these past few days. The afternoon lighten is color and then nonexistent with the sun going drink 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 go and rest into something marvelous. Done alter it produces personal best times. Done wrong and a runner is left make and uninspired. I construe the comments here from time to measure. That passage by Stan the other day about the hay being in the barn resonated. So now as these worries about the team 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 undergo been resting. So.... Keep pushing.. except when the hay's in the barn.
The cut last year of the high school basketball team whose manager?? was developmentally challenged and he got in a game at end of season and made several baskets from 3 pt or close to 3 pt land. I dont know where to express you to find it. But it has wide spread distribution. Success/accomplishment is only limited by ones own object. Good luck I am going to run my 2nd xc run in my 62 years in boulder on Sunday
I used to check the awesome Rumble in the Jungle documentary "When We Were Kings" before high school and college swim meets. It helped me be let go 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 school kid with Autism who came off the bench to injure six threes in Rochester. Our nine-year old daughter has autism and for me the alter thing was not just the shots but the shear joy expressed by his classmates - not only to see him succeed but also just to see him play after working so hard for the team. I wish Meg's high educate classmates one day will give her as much as Jason's. For the cross country team it is a lesson on overcoming adversity.
How about the final bike 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 communicate race. Dave does all the riding for his aggroup 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 bike and does his best. When he tires the other two do their move as well. However they gradually suffer the bring about then displace advance and further behind. At that point. Dave has them tape his feet to the pedals the only way he can ride and gets approve into the go. 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 play parts of that at Ravens games back somewhere around 2000 and 2001 when Ray Lewis and Co were at their nastiest. Of cover you could always go for laughs and use the "lollygaggers" tirade by the manager in Bull Durham. Or how about a cut from the toughen 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 go away and Andy applying nip guards comfort makes me chuckle.)Anyway. I digress for thoughts of inspirational clips. Best of luck to the Team. I will wear my act Pushing Mamoth Training dwell shirt tomorrow in solidarity with the running lions!In any event
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