The true test of a workout is how you manage when it starts to hurt.
Ultimately the real benefits come when you start pushing through the pain and running outside of your comfort zone. This holds true both physically and mentally.
Physically the point of hard workouts are to demand more from your muscles. Make them give you more than they’d like to. You tear them down. Recovery allows you to build them back up stronger…but it starts with tearing them down.
Mentally a runner has to be tough. Tough as sh*t. Have confidence in your toughness, wear it proudly. Workouts are mental tests, they teach you to handle the discomfort so come race day you know you’ve been there. You’ve pushed through that pain before, you know you can handle it again.
The workout really starts when things start to hurt. How will you respond?
——-
Read tips from the pro’s on MENTAL TOUGHNESS for runners.
More MOTIVATION for runners.
We may be hurting but we STILL LOOK GOOD doing it! 😉
My latest RunBlogRun Article: “Danny Mackey and Racing Like a Beast”
——-
1) Where do you get your confidence?