This morning I ran a parkrun PB of 17:49. Overall I am happy with it but honestly I think I have more in me. Working the mental side of running I have set my goals as ambitious or scary as, apparently, this is when they become meaningful. True it is long term goals, so with where I am at I am thinking sub 16, it will be a push but I do believe that with optimal training it is possible... in a few years. That being said I would like to see myself go sub 17:30 this winter, as a minimum and maybe even sub 17.
What have I been doing to get to a sub 18, again?
- Carnivore - This keeps me happy and healthy
- Intermittent Fasting - Is easy with carnivore and helps keep my weight down
- Eating enough - Before my recent holiday I don't think I was eating enough and was losing weight too quicky which was making me weaker when really pushing.
- Working on my breathing through doing lots of research and breathing exercises
- Working on my mental health and mindset - Lots of books and listening and actioning the exercises in these books.
- Increasing my speed work - I do so much less speed work than my peers. You hear 80/20 banded around and I am more like 95/5 most weeks with some 90/10. I am starting to do a little more whilst listening to my body.
- Increasing my long run - I haven't really had a long run but would like to at least get in a fortnightly run of 10 miles and have started to do this.
