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Friday, February 20, 2004
The start of a training philosophy
On the way home from work tonight I stopped at the sandwich shop to buy dinner. As I waited, I wrote a few notes about O' training. Maybe this is the beginning of a training philosophy.
I began by asking - What are the four or five things that best describe how I train? What principles explain what I do?
Here are the first five things I wrote down:
Fun
The best way to train is run O' courses
Stay healthy
Experiment
Goal-oriented
As I plan and think about training, those five ideas explain most of what I've done over the years.
I'll expand on them over the next few days or weeks or so (or maybe I'll revise them or add to them).
The first thing I wrote down was "fun."
Orienteering and training for O' is suppose to be fun. It is fun. That's why I orienteer and why I train. There is really no other good reason to do a sport. So, looking for ways to make racing and training fun is a top priority.
That doesn't mean every session turns out to be fun. Sometimes I feel crappy. Sometimes I train when I don't feel like it. But, if that starts happening a lot, then it is time to quit.
posted by Michael |
7:11 PM
