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Here is just a little advice to keep you motivated, on the track for improvement and the ability to accurately reflect on your training history. Done correctly you will be able to answer some of the questions you may have like "What times where I doing at my best?" How many KM I was doing when I got injured", which training suited me best?.
How do you do that? You keep a diary.
First page write your goals for the year (IE finish the Marathon, lose 5.3kg, complete 2 half Marathons in under 2 hours). The more specific you can make your goals then easier it is to use a laser like mental approach in achieving those goals.
Each day you write down the session you performed, how you felt doing the session( IE fatigued to start, or fresh). If part of your training goal is to loose weight or if you are looking for every ounce of improvement you may also record your diet and weight as well.
Record when you are getting massages or doing extra recovery techniques (ie, ice bath, good sleep)
If you look at all of this information subjectively you will be able to identify WHAT WORKS FOR you! As all runners are different and we cope with different training sessions and respond to different recovery techniques it is only through a record of your training that you can make sound judgment on what works best for you.
Eventually you (maybe along with your astute coach) will be able to find distinctive patterns in your training and correlate that to fatigue or improvement in performances. Then its simply a game of including more of what WORKS FOR you and LESS of the negatives in your training or extracurricular activities (diet,and recovery techniques) to improve your running and make it easier to achieve your goals.
Along the way if there is something that you did that felt great, really added to your training levels, or a training session that stood out, mark that page in your diary with 5 stars
So on days that you are struggling for motivation pull out your diary read the first page and start to read through your diary, stopping on the 5 star events and giving yourself a pat on the back. Training is a life journey and keeping a diary is a small but valuable time capsule of how your body is reacting to your overall journey.
Happy running and enjoy the journey.
Here is just a little advice to keep you motivated, on the track for improvement and the ability to accurately reflect on your training history. Done correctly you will be able to answer some of the questions you may have like "What times where I doing at my best?" How many KM I was doing when I got injured", which training suited me best?.
How do you do that? You keep a diary.
First page write your goals for the year (IE finish the Marathon, lose 5.3kg, complete 2 half Marathons in under 2 hours). The more specific you can make your goals then easier it is to use a laser like mental approach in achieving those goals.
Each day you write down the session you performed, how you felt doing the session( IE fatigued to start, or fresh). If part of your training goal is to loose weight or if you are looking for every ounce of improvement you may also record your diet and weight as well.
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