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Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Young and dumb? Or old and weak?
I ran intervals today. My plan was to run 5 x roughly 3-5 minutes (using an old park O' course). I called it quits after 4.
As I jogged easily back to my car, I realized that I frequently do a little less than I'd planned. I cut my training short about once out of every 5 hard sessions.
But it hasn't always been that way. When I was younger, I almost always did a little more than planned. If I was going to run the Campenile Hill 10 times, I'd end up running it 12 times.
These days I feel like I'm better off taking it a bit easier than planned. In the old days, I felt like doing more than planned was good - made me tough.
Was I young and dumb? Was I young and strong? Am I now old and wise? Or maybe I'm now old and weak? Or old and lazy?
It seems to me that you are always going to know better what kind of workout you need and how much when you are planning your training. Aside from obvious situations when your body is having issues, making those kind of decisions in the middle of a workout doesn't sound like the best plan. It's always better to plan well and trust your plan. If you feel that it isn't quite right, make modifications when your brain has more oxygen.
