body/mind disconnect - a good thing
05.23.08
I came off Sunday like a freakin’ olympic ski jumper; huge and smooth. There was no stopping me, my mind was firing off thoughts like ‘yeah IM bring it on, I’m gonna PR in the marathon’ and ’short and stout - yes, powerful and unstoppable - no doubt’. My mind was racing like Andretti. My body was feeling big strides in recovery everyday.
Monday - got my butt kicked by Kelli, a therapist in the BCMT professional clinic. Yeah, this girl rocks but she will beat you. Olympic pole vaulter, i.e. powerful. Excellent session!
Tuesday - 62 mile ride? Mind wanted to go for it, body did not. Opted for yoga instead
Wednesday - body feeling 98% recovered, mind still ‘on fire’, needed to get back into it; 3,000 yd swim - body only had one speed
Thursday - 41 bike/9 mile run, the brick. Yes - looking forward to the brick, planning on nailing it. Alarm went off at 4am, couldn’t move. 5:30 on the bike - legs: not so eager, heartrate: beating but not fast, shoulders/neck: yucka. Mentally I was still, ‘YEAH, YEAH, YEAH sista’.
Between 4 episodes of the OC I took many breaks. Laid on the bed with Lhasa, drank my water real fast so I could take time and refill…..I didn’t get off the bike until 9am. Had a client so I jumped over to my office for a session then off on the run. 9 miles - my mind was psyched. Very slow start, my body felt half ceramic and half cement. My mind was like ‘woooo, what’s up with this - you better kick it in because we ain’t cuttin’ this short’.
Got down to the trailhead, still feeling like I was glad noone was watching. Hit the trail for 3 miles Z3 - kicked it in and felt absolutely exhausted but strong. Finished it up and started to head home for the final miles. Returning on the South Boulder trail is at a slight incline and usually directly into the wind. Yesterday was no exception, I had to work pretty hard at this point but my mind was still in the game. Without about a mile to go my mind finally came down from the clouds and was like ‘wow, that marathon is still very much with me’.
After my workout I went back to my office and saw 2 more clients which I was totally fired up to do but could feel I was physically fading. Finished those strong, walked in the door and completed my fade.
Yesterday, I feel my mind completely ruled the day in a very good way. It was totally disconnected from what was going on in my body but kept me going without notice. I think that workout was absolutely to my benefit and not to my detriment. I’m stronger for it.
With that said, I have also decided to go out of this stabilizer on top. Opting for core power yoga today and tomorrow will either be a bike/swim, swim or bike. We’ll see, I’m going to be flexible do what is best for me.
I have 2 weeks of training starting Sunday - I’m going to attack those weeks like nothing before. I’m going to eat them alive like I am a huge wicked monster of strength and my workouts are puny little tasks that are easily accomplished.
Now that my long run is done I have 3 mental breakthrough workouts to go before I enter the ever so titillating taper phase.
Attitude is everything at every point in the game.
What about ‘tude girl! Way to have such an incredible attitude… love the east coast in you. Here are a few thoughts for you to chew on and urge you along these next 2 weeks:
1. Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it.
~ Ella Willians
2. To fly, we have to have resistance.
~ Maya Lin
3. When you let go of your doubts you also let go of your limitations.
~ Lucy MacDonald
4. When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds. Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.
~ Patanjali
5. People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
~ Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
6. Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they do not have half the strength you think they have.
~ Norman Vincent Peale
7.The optimist already sees the scar over the wound; the pessimist still sees the wound underneath the scar.
~Ernst Schroder
8. Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible. And by visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as possible.
~Cherie Carter-Scott
Who loves ya baby!!!