You don't run 26 miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secret recipe.
From Frank Shorter
The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in particular, a lot of the young children who are emulating these stars do have a different perspective.
There's obviously some validity to it. But I think it also points out that you obviously can do it on your own because people have been doing it long before they had the stuff.
A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time.
Again, racing for me was about energy management.
As I've been able to once again gain the benefits of speed work, I'm enjoying my running more and more.
Because running fast is more fun than running slow.
Being in school is the best place to be if you are an athlete because you can structure your own time.
Experience has taught me how important it is to just keep going, focusing on running fast and relaxed. Eventually it passes and the flow returns. It's part of racing.
For the novice runner, I'd say to give yourself at least 2 months of consistently running several times a week at a conversational pace before deciding whether you want to stick with it. Consistency is the most important aspect of training at this point.
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