Posts Tagged by mental
Convention overview
| March 9, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
What a weekend. Wow. Don’t worry this post won’t be all gushing about how great it was, but you have to grant me a few paragraphs of excitement before I explain to you how going to the convention is GREAT 100 miler training. I always come away from the convention excited and inspired for the […] more
Recovery Thoughts II
| February 26, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I summarized yesterday’s post with the statement: The major consequences of stress/stimulus applied during a run is muscle damage, fuel depletion, and psychological/emotional stress. In order to fully utilize them again, you need to repair or refill them to capacity. Tomorrow we are going to add a caveat to that statement: “….You need to repair […] more
Thoughts on Recovery I
| February 25, 2014 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
It’s fitting that recovery is on my mind, since now 2 days after a race is usually when I’m convinced I will never ever walk normally again. Doesn’t it seem like a crap shoot what’s sore after a work out? I mean, I know that theoretically the cycle is that muscles are stressed and then […] more
