Mike
05-23-2005, 09:07 AM
Finally after over 2 months of dedicated training I broke the 12 minute barrier and completed 2.4 km around the track in 11:56!!! :D
The last 2 laps were murder so I had to meditate and visualize my body functioning. I visualized a suit of armour on my body that was slowly falling off piece by piece with every stride I took.
This couldn't have come at a better time and has injected a bit of confidence in my ability. Since my test is in 9 days and my previous best time was 12:17 I was getting a little nervous and doubts were starting to enter my mind.
My goal a month ago was to past the test with a time of 11:45! Last week I thought that would be impossible, this week I'm thinking maybe it is possible.
I'm gonna schedule one or two more training runs and I have an obstacle course training session on Saturday. I'll probably take 3 days off before the test and hope that I can break 12 minutes again.
Anyways, thanks again to the tribe for your motivation and advice.
The last 2 laps were murder so I had to meditate and visualize my body functioning. I visualized a suit of armour on my body that was slowly falling off piece by piece with every stride I took.
This couldn't have come at a better time and has injected a bit of confidence in my ability. Since my test is in 9 days and my previous best time was 12:17 I was getting a little nervous and doubts were starting to enter my mind.
My goal a month ago was to past the test with a time of 11:45! Last week I thought that would be impossible, this week I'm thinking maybe it is possible.
I'm gonna schedule one or two more training runs and I have an obstacle course training session on Saturday. I'll probably take 3 days off before the test and hope that I can break 12 minutes again.
Anyways, thanks again to the tribe for your motivation and advice.