Hard Work Beat Talent Analysis
Hard Work Beats Talent
It was September 10th, 2016, at the red, white and blue cross country invitational. That day was the first day I broke 17 minutes and I got 16 minutes and 52 seconds in a 5k (3.1 miles) and it was only the beginning of the season. This has been one of my goals since freshman year, but I just couldn’t reach that last year. Finally, this was the year that I reached my goal and, It took a lot of uphill battle and dedication through the summer.
This summer I ran about 5 times a week and two of those days were rigorous workouts, the majority were just easy runs and every Monday were a long run and they helped build endurance, my long runs lasted about 80 to 90 minutes; Easy runs were 60 minutes and most of the workouts were to work on are speed and race pace. All the workouts had a good outcome on my running but Constantly running everyday didn’t all ways work well with my body, so some complications I went through the summer we’re having sore calf muscles and always being tired but I was not really practical about that. Even though I was perpetually tired I always pushed through because I continually remind myself about a famous running quote once said by Mo Farah “Anything is possible, its just hard work and grafting” . …show more content…
Running races like 2 or 3 times a month really helped me get used to running at a certain pace. One big thing I always did before a race is I would jog through the course first so I can get used to it and, so I would know when to start picking up my pace and start passing up people. During cross country season and even before it there was a ton of small things I have had to do to prepare myself for breaking 17. For example, before races I had to make sure I was warmed up and all stretched out so I didn’t pull a muscle. And after the races I had to make sure to do a cool down run and stretch out so my legs wouldn’t be sore the next
It was September 10th, 2016, at the red, white and blue cross country invitational. That day was the first day I broke 17 minutes and I got 16 minutes and 52 seconds in a 5k (3.1 miles) and it was only the beginning of the season. This has been one of my goals since freshman year, but I just couldn’t reach that last year. Finally, this was the year that I reached my goal and, It took a lot of uphill battle and dedication through the summer.
This summer I ran about 5 times a week and two of those days were rigorous workouts, the majority were just easy runs and every Monday were a long run and they helped build endurance, my long runs lasted about 80 to 90 minutes; Easy runs were 60 minutes and most of the workouts were to work on are speed and race pace. All the workouts had a good outcome on my running but Constantly running everyday didn’t all ways work well with my body, so some complications I went through the summer we’re having sore calf muscles and always being tired but I was not really practical about that. Even though I was perpetually tired I always pushed through because I continually remind myself about a famous running quote once said by Mo Farah “Anything is possible, its just hard work and grafting” . …show more content…
Running races like 2 or 3 times a month really helped me get used to running at a certain pace. One big thing I always did before a race is I would jog through the course first so I can get used to it and, so I would know when to start picking up my pace and start passing up people. During cross country season and even before it there was a ton of small things I have had to do to prepare myself for breaking 17. For example, before races I had to make sure I was warmed up and all stretched out so I didn’t pull a muscle. And after the races I had to make sure to do a cool down run and stretch out so my legs wouldn’t be sore the next