Typically in a workout or race, fear is what holds us back from our peak performance. Today we ran 12 X the quarter with equal time active recovery (jazzercize). The workout starts to get difficult around the 9th quarter. If we are in the 9th quarter thinking about not being able to make it to 12, we will slow down. Thinking does not help in any workout or race.
We have played with different tricks to override our thinking:
1) Do an inventory. How do my legs feel? How do my arms feel? How is my breathing?
2) Be present with every stride, every foot strike, every breath. See your hands pumping and your knees lifting. See the back of someone in front of you and pretend there is a rope pulling you.
3) Pray to a higher power. Running and exercise require power. If your brain is telling you "i cant do it", appeal to a higher power than your thoughts.
Pain comes in a race and workout. What is interesting is, pain comes and goes in waves. If one of these tricks keeps us moving at the same pace, we will find out that the pain will go away. Many times we get "a second wind." This is when pain and fear leave simultaneously.
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