9 Replies to “The Game of Four: Runner lies and self-deception”
I am all about the mind games when I run. I break my long runs up – first I think about the first three miles, then we get through the middle miles and then as I get tired and towards the end, I switch in my head to thinking, it’s only a few more minutes (instead of counting miles at that point). I play the game on the treadmill by breaking it down literally to .10 of each mile, playing with the speed sometimes every .10 to keep busy, distracted yet focused. By speeding it up so often and slowing down a bit, it somehow gets done quicker (at least it seems that way lol). Do I even make sense? lol
TOTALLY making sense because i do the same things!!! hehe…oh, playing with the speed on the treadmill is one of my top ways to make the time pass. and bonus is you usually wind up running faster overall too! 🙂 win win!
During the later miles in a long run, when I start getting really tired, I play “the water game.” Every half mile I get to have a sip of water. It helps me break down the final miles 🙂
One of my recent treadmill games (takes 2 miles each time you play): Start at a comfortable, conversational speed. Every 0.1 miles bump up the speed 0.1 mph. When you hit the next mile you’ll be going 1 mph faster and then every 0.1 miles you bump the speed back down 0.1 mph until you are back where you started. For me, I start at 6.0 mph and bump up until I hit 7.0 mph and then work my way back down.
My attention span is longer than a 4 count – but in a habit that started as counting cadence, I cycle 100 counts (footfall of one foot) when I’m dying near the end of a long interval….
I am all about the mind games when I run. I break my long runs up – first I think about the first three miles, then we get through the middle miles and then as I get tired and towards the end, I switch in my head to thinking, it’s only a few more minutes (instead of counting miles at that point). I play the game on the treadmill by breaking it down literally to .10 of each mile, playing with the speed sometimes every .10 to keep busy, distracted yet focused. By speeding it up so often and slowing down a bit, it somehow gets done quicker (at least it seems that way lol). Do I even make sense? lol
TOTALLY making sense because i do the same things!!! hehe…oh, playing with the speed on the treadmill is one of my top ways to make the time pass. and bonus is you usually wind up running faster overall too! 🙂 win win!
In my epic fail at the 50 miles I did the counting thing – I counted to 8 over and over and over…….
dang we need to give that one a new name…how about “the 50 miler fueling your redemption race!!”
During the later miles in a long run, when I start getting really tired, I play “the water game.” Every half mile I get to have a sip of water. It helps me break down the final miles 🙂
One of my recent treadmill games (takes 2 miles each time you play): Start at a comfortable, conversational speed. Every 0.1 miles bump up the speed 0.1 mph. When you hit the next mile you’ll be going 1 mph faster and then every 0.1 miles you bump the speed back down 0.1 mph until you are back where you started. For me, I start at 6.0 mph and bump up until I hit 7.0 mph and then work my way back down.
ohhh, the water game, i like this one! 🙂
My attention span is longer than a 4 count – but in a habit that started as counting cadence, I cycle 100 counts (footfall of one foot) when I’m dying near the end of a long interval….
cycling…i’m usually counting down the seconds until i FEEL like my butt is gonna fall off. #alwaysnumbcheeks 😉
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