Early morning 11km run to the sounds of the birds singing was a great start. There is something about running that allows your mind to wander and I was reflecting on last nights swim session. We were doing 8 x 100m with the first 50m steady and the second fast, a 15 sec rest and then onto the next one. I started at 2 minutes for the 1st 100 and by the forth was frustratingly at 2min 15 sec. So the coach suggested I relax more by doing 75 m steady and 25 fast. Guess what my time came down by 5 sec. By putting in more effort I was getting worse. By working on the efficiency of the technique I got better.
The reason I thought of this was that as I ran longer more commuters started to take to the road. As time went on the more stressful they looked and that's before they get to work! So today I am going to have an easy start by taking the kids to school and when I get into the office, working smarter not harder. Enjoy your day.
Thursday 21 April 2011
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