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Dare to fail because you didn’t
Become faster through positive thinking
What I am writing now is only an observation. Most runners still have a very limited pace range. I mean that you run an LSD at, for example, 9K/h and you blow yourself up when you run for 10 minutes at 13K/h or even a little slower. This is just an observation. We are going to change that. With these three tips.
1/ there are no real limits. If you're thinking, I can't do that. Then you won't be able to do that. So stop that. Because you don't know. Even if you run 50 meters at a higher speed, you ran it. And the next time it will be 75 meters, etc. So the power of positive thinking, first rule.
2/ dare to 'fail' because there is no such thing as failure. It's just your first attempt on the road to success. This week I heard Hannelore Knuts talking about the luxury of failure. That feels very negative. As if we weigh everything against perfection. So we'll stop with that, second rule.
3/ be patient and defuse the bomb. Perhaps the most difficult of all. We also have an idea of how long patience may last. We have been taught to do so. Run faster, further or more efficiently will come when it comes. Just accept that and don't hesitate. Doubt is the time bomb that takes you down. Defuse that bomb. Straight away. From today. Third rule.
The core of those tips is positive thinking. That seems simple, but it isn't. We are our worst opponent when it comes to looking positively at ourselves. With every training you can practice to stay positive because you experienced something every time. And let us not fall into the statement 'I have learned my lesson and I am grateful for that', then you haven't learned a thing, but you have been conditioned to say it that way because you have become convinced that you have to learn lessons. To be honest, you are extremely frustrated at that moment. Every moment was just fun to do, the result does not fit an ideal scenario, that may be, but you were there, you did your thing and you had a moment for yourself again. You are on a journey towards a certain goal or experience. And what that journey will look like, well, you can get an idea of it (they call that perfectionism) but will it turn out that way? Above all, have fun. To say it simple. You can't ring the church bells every day. But you can walk into the church anyway.