I had no idea my brain works the way it does. I am at a constant battle with it. You see your brain does not carry the extra weight your body does. Let me elaborate on this. As I am doing a final rep that my trainer request my body is tired or sore; but my mind is not. I find it very odd that my mind wants to do last rep, I want to do this last rep. I don't want to disappoint my trainer. They are my strength. They know I can do it. They are there to push me. But this body struggles and tells me that its the one that carries all the weight!
So with this struggle came that "challenge". I ask any fit person to run with a backpack carrying 50-100 pounds of extra weight. See what I mean by this. At this advantage your lungs and heart can recover faster than mine. Your body will carry this with struggles but your mind will think this is no problem.
I will let my brain win! I am happy to know that there is one body part that still believes its 23 years old and 36-24-32!
So with this struggle came that "challenge". I ask any fit person to run with a backpack carrying 50-100 pounds of extra weight. See what I mean by this. At this advantage your lungs and heart can recover faster than mine. Your body will carry this with struggles but your mind will think this is no problem.
I will let my brain win! I am happy to know that there is one body part that still believes its 23 years old and 36-24-32!
So funny - I had that same thought on my first 5k - I saw little 20-something girls racing past and I thought, "Good for them - but ya know, add 20 years and 80 pounds to that girl and see how she does. I'm awesome!"
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