The top 20 things
I’ve learned from training with Justin Gillette these past 10 weeks:
1. I’ve learned to get comfortable with
being uncomfortable.
2. I’ve learned that sixteen 400’s won’t
kill me.
3. I’ve learned that the first mile repeat
is always the hardest and slowest.
4. I’ve learned that you can add quality
minutes and miles into your long runs instead of just long, slow distance
runs.
5. I’ve learned that about 40 miles a week
is the fine line between overtraining and training just enough…. for me,
anyway.
6. I’ve learned that preparation for a
20-miler is 90% mental.
7. I’ve learned that I don’t want to
disappoint my coach by not hitting the paces he has assigned.
8. I’ve learned that I don’t want to
disappoint myself as well.
9. I’ve learned that I’m stronger than I
thought I was.
10. I’ve learned that having a coach means
that no thinking is required. Read the
training plan and just do it. Thank you, Nike, I finally get it.
11. I’ve learned that elite marathoners are
people, too.
12. I’ve learned that while I thought he had
too much faith in my abilities when I first saw the training plan, I just had
too little.
13. I’ve learned that getting the training
run in is more important than laundry but less important than my kid’s soccer
game.
14. I’ve learned that sometimes I have to get
up at 4:30 a.m. to make it all work.
15. I’ve learned that much of running really
is mental. If your brain tells your legs
to run faster, they usually will.
16. I’ve learned that I feel equal parts
crazy person and badass when starting a 20-miler before dawn.
17. I’ve learned that earning praise from
your coach goes a LONG way.
18. I’ve learned that if you run in the
evening and are heading back out the next morning, showering is optional. (The husband may not agree….)
19. I’ve learned that I have the ability to
embrace suffering and finish a workout, even when I’m not feeling it.
20. I’ve learned that redefining my limits is
money well spent.
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