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Testosterscone wrote: »Sounds like you are on the right track alright;
Hills and Fartleks can be good sessions as well and get you focusing on effort over splits. Given the nature of every course is different and any given day with conditions being able to handle rhythm changes is important and having a good grasp of effort. Would advise a bit of work on the grass as you will work stabilizing muscles that get a free pass alot of the time on track and road
Thanks for advice! I do 90% of my training on the grass;i might be ignoring some muscles i need for the road
thinking of doing intervals on track to change it up a bit. Most of my intervals are 800mx8. I was always told long reps are best for cross country prep 0 -
Can one be trained to push oneself through the 'discomfort barrier'. I had another 30 seconds,maybe more in me Sunday (in a 5K),I just couldn't make myself go for it though, which was a shame. I just didn't want to go for it, I was 'afraid of the pain'....shame
Can I train myself to go for it next time ? 0 -
Can one be trained to push oneself through the 'discomfort barrier'. I had another 30 seconds,maybe more in me Sunday (in a 5K),I just couldn't make myself go for it though, which was a shame. I just didn't want to go for it, I was 'afraid of the pain'....shame Can I train myself to go for it next time ?
Can you distract yourself? I try things like counting -- I tell myself I'll just count to 20 and then I can slow down, and then (ha, ha!) after that I make myself do another 20 secs etc ... break it down into bite-sized, delicious pain-chunks?
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That's worth a try,something that I need to work on....even where my times have been good,been stopping a lot in latter stages,unable to deal with the 'pain',need to work on my relationship with painCan you distract yourself? I try things like counting -- I tell myself I'll just count to 20 and then I can slow down, and then (ha, ha!) after that I make myself do another 20 secs etc ... break it down into bite-sized, delicious pain-chunks? Counting it is 0 -
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Can one be trained to push oneself through the 'discomfort barrier'. I had another 30 seconds,maybe more in me Sunday (in a 5K),I just couldn't make myself go for it though, which was a shame. I just didn't want to go for it, I was 'afraid of the pain'....shame Can I train myself to go for it next time ?
If you're interested, I'd recommend you read 'Endure', by Alex Hutchinson.0 -
Can one be trained to push oneself through the 'discomfort barrier'. I had another 30 seconds,maybe more in me Sunday (in a 5K),I just couldn't make myself go for it though, which was a shame. I just didn't want to go for it, I was 'afraid of the pain'....shame Can I train myself to go for it next time ?
The way to train yourself to go for it is to go for it and not die
Could be in a race or in a training session, get to the pain point and keep going. The more annoyed you are by this failure, the more motivated you'll be to not fail next time.0 -
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The way to train yourself to go for it is to go for it and not die
Could be in a race or in a training session, get to the pain point and keep going. The more annoyed you are by this failure, the more motivated you'll be to not fail next time.
Gonna play devils advocate on this one,
Why is motivating yourself to not fail seen as a positive? A person can run in there comfort zone and never fail a day in there life.
Embrace failure. Try new approaches. Failure is only a negative thing if we don't get anything from it. You will never know your limits till you attempt to push past them
In terms of training it there are plenty of ways that people do this. Hard interval sessions can be one aspsect as they put you into that realm of discomfort to get you used it it. I know some coaches who use hard core circuit work to get that level of discomfort and having to continue
Manipulating aspects of intervals as well (say running middle section of a rep at beyond race pace just to tire the legs and have you working to maintain pace while fatigued in the remainder of the rep) or ludicrously short recoveries to simulate race fatigue (I remember running 5x400m @ 1500m race pace off 30 second recoveries before as a way to simulate race conditions for those last 2 reps)
Mental tricks in training such as finding ways of coping with fatigue are something which should be practices also (things like focusing on form and resisting influence of fatigue)0
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