Consistency and California
Some people ride the highs and lows of each individual session of each day. While I do enjoy the highs associated with nailing a training session I don't fall apart when I don't. There is no way that I can expect to nail every session for an entire season. What I do chose to focus on and get the most amount of confidence in is the consistency of my training. The more consistent I am, the better I feel about myself and the more optimistic I am about achieving my goals for the season. For the past few months I have been very consistant with my training and have been reaping the rewards; physically, mentally and emotionally.
I took the opportunity to visit my brother and his fiance in California this past week. The goal was to spend as much time with them as possible since I only see them a couple times a year. I knew that my normal training schedule was going to be thrown to the curb side so I would treat the week as a recovery week. I did however plan to get some running in and take advantage of the weather and hills.
I cant express in words how much I love California. The weather, people, vibe, training, food, there isn't anything that doesn't kick ass. My days on vacation went something like this; run, eat, climb/hike, nap, eat, wine, repeat. It's pretty damn hard to argue with that schedule. The hills just around my brother's neighborhood are better than anything Long Island has to offer. The days I ran I averaged around 2000ft of climbing with in 5-6 miles! I couldn't get enough of the hills, any hill I saw I had to run up. I was in heaven. The most encouraging part of running the hills was that when I came to the rare flat stretch of road I was able to hit my race pace with ease. My legs are getting stronger :)
I can only imagine the strength I could build if I could train and recover, uninterrupted, for an entire month out there. I would come back to NY a total beast.
I took the opportunity to visit my brother and his fiance in California this past week. The goal was to spend as much time with them as possible since I only see them a couple times a year. I knew that my normal training schedule was going to be thrown to the curb side so I would treat the week as a recovery week. I did however plan to get some running in and take advantage of the weather and hills.
I cant express in words how much I love California. The weather, people, vibe, training, food, there isn't anything that doesn't kick ass. My days on vacation went something like this; run, eat, climb/hike, nap, eat, wine, repeat. It's pretty damn hard to argue with that schedule. The hills just around my brother's neighborhood are better than anything Long Island has to offer. The days I ran I averaged around 2000ft of climbing with in 5-6 miles! I couldn't get enough of the hills, any hill I saw I had to run up. I was in heaven. The most encouraging part of running the hills was that when I came to the rare flat stretch of road I was able to hit my race pace with ease. My legs are getting stronger :)
I can only imagine the strength I could build if I could train and recover, uninterrupted, for an entire month out there. I would come back to NY a total beast.
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