1. No pain, no gain... find the edge of my fitness where a side stitch is an annoying pain in the gut and my feet start to cramp.
2. Failure is an option, it's better to go too hard and crash than just go through the motions since just getting the work done isn't working.
3. No more excuses, it doesn't matter if I'm tired and slept like shit. Caffeinate, warm up, and find my limits of that day. What I think I can do is less than what I can actually do.
4. If I don't question my ability to get to the wall during at least one interval, I didn't go hard enough.
5. Swimming with reasonable technique is always faster than thrashing. Get those elbows up!
6. Ignore #2. Failure isn't an option. If I fall off my leave... get my wits and go again.
7. When the workout says go easy, go easy. That means 2:00+ for my sorry ass. Warm ups/downs are not done anywhere near race pace.
Hopefully my mental breakthrough will mean a fitness breakthrough... or how long until I'm injured? I've never had a proper swimming injury...
2. Failure is an option, it's better to go too hard and crash than just go through the motions since just getting the work done isn't working.
3. No more excuses, it doesn't matter if I'm tired and slept like shit. Caffeinate, warm up, and find my limits of that day. What I think I can do is less than what I can actually do.
4. If I don't question my ability to get to the wall during at least one interval, I didn't go hard enough.
5. Swimming with reasonable technique is always faster than thrashing. Get those elbows up!
6. Ignore #2. Failure isn't an option. If I fall off my leave... get my wits and go again.
7. When the workout says go easy, go easy. That means 2:00+ for my sorry ass. Warm ups/downs are not done anywhere near race pace.
Hopefully my mental breakthrough will mean a fitness breakthrough... or how long until I'm injured? I've never had a proper swimming injury...