The Endurance Nation off-season program I've been doing involves regular testing. We have been testing, working on raising bike and run threshold levels, retesting, and then continuing to "raise the ceiling" to get stronger and faster. For me, I'll test on the bike all day long. I'll do it all day, every day. The run, not so much.
I tend to have a lot of negative emotional running baggage from long ago. I often don't have a lot of confidence in my running, and often don't believe I will really improve very much. I'm so open to letting the positive, rather than negative, energy flow in all aspects of my life, so why not in running too?
Today, before I jumped on the treadmill, I opened the positive energy valve. I pre-paved my run with feeling strong, and fleet, and fast, before I even took a step. I warmed up really gradually, for about a mile, then did 2 x 400 at pace to get the pump primed. I stopped to stretch. I had no intention of doing the 10K TT today, but I was sick when the group did it, and it's been on my mind. When I started running, I felt good, right on a great 10K TT pace for me. Then I felt better, and better, and better, and better! By the end, I couldn't go fast enough!
I ran 53:00 for 10K, down from 55:00 a few months ago. Only a few months! And after a tough bike workout yesterday AND sprightly brick run. Man this program works!!!! If I would have paced is better, I would have gone even faster I think. I felt that good.
This is a lesson in "Law of Attraction" running. I did the work all these weeks, and believed. Then today I saw it, I felt it, I opened myself up to the good energy flow, and it all came together. I can even go faster than that. I believe it, and I will.
