I Train for Days Like This

Today as I dragged my butt out of bed at 6 AM for the 2 hour ride/5 mile run brick on the schedule, my head was telling me it's going to be hard, my legs hurt, blah, blah, blah.

But guess what it was great!

It was one of those workouts where you knew you were pushing yourself but it felt doable. I did not feel as though every spin-up or hill climb was going to kill me. When I started the run my stupid head again started the chatter but I ignored it and just ran, I didn't even take my walk breaks, (don't tell the doc) for the first 3 miles and it felt easy.

Now if I could just bottle the essence of this workout for the future I'd be all set. But at the end of the day I know that on those days when everything just sucks, I can remember this one and tell my head to STFU because I know I can so this, I've done it before. Overcoming the mental obstacles is just one more skill I need to work on.