Summer Miles week 4

 

Ok Runners it is time for all of you to start getting your form A physicals done as well as register on register my athlete. There are LINKS provided on the left side of the blog.

Physicals when completed PLEASE make sure that the doctor, you and your parents have SIGNED and DATED each paper where it is REQUIRED. PLEASE double check them before you turn them in to me at practice. I will be at Wednesday practice. (There is a LINK for you do download or print the latest version of the form A)

Register my Athlete. PLEASE get on and get registered. There is a link on the left side of the blog that will help explain how to register.

Any questions please let me know.

Put your weekly mileage total on the blog.  The link is on the blog titled "2021 Summer Miles."  

Continue to Be patient!  Be consistent with your running! Keep allowing your body to adjust and get stronger.  As it does this, you will be able to add mileage and reach your goals! 

ALL RUNS NEED TO BE AT AN EASY PACE RIGHT NOW (except for designated Key workouts...like Canyon runs). 

Lack of confidence leads to anxiety and tension and reduced motivation.

Confidence is one of the most important predictors of running performance.  We must stop putting pressure on ourselves to meet someone else’s expectations, we need to learn to focus on our own race and not worry about the competitors, we need to gain the confidence to be in better tune with our body and push it to its limits.

Listen to Yourself
    
In starting the confidence process we need to be talking to ours self. “Self-talk,” psychologists call it. You probably do it at times already. “You can easily ‘get in your own way’ and talk yourself out of a good performance. Listen to your internal dialogue, what you say to yourself. TRUST the work that you are doing and the time that you are investing. Good things WILL happen.

The Comparison Trap

We need to stop comparing ourselves with teammates and competitors, we must stop these negative self-comparisons. There is nothing wrong with aspiring to be as great a runner as a teammate or opponent or even a state champion. But if that aspiration makes you feel inferior and leads you to downplay your own abilities, it is detrimental and hardly something that will keep your confidence high.

One Goal at a Time

Another key is to focus on ONE thing. Set a GOAL. Example’ focus on building your foundational base or commit running your miles so that you can qualify for HARC. It is by small and simple things, that great things are brought to pass.

Trust Your Coach

Trust that we really do have your BEST interest. It really is not about the winning. It is about putting in the work, Trusting the process, developing confidence in yourself and your capabilities. If we can focus on these attributes, then GREAT things WILL happen.  If we continue to improve as an individual and as a team, we WILL be blessed. Whether it is a P.R personal best. Winning etc. Good things WILL happen when we PUT in the WORK!!!

NO HUMAN IS LIMITED!!! DO NOT LIMIT YOURSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!