My Sweet Spot

[Charliecat5]

I feel a bit of fraud at the moment as I am posting stuff but not actually running. My horrible cough that appeared last weekend has still not abated meaning I have not been out on on foot or wheel all week which is very frustrating... but I have a plan.

For a while now I have been having this argument in my own head about why I can bike long distances but struggle to get into a similar groove when running. I concluded, with a little help from my new friend Askwith, that this is mostly a psychological issue rather than a physical one. I have noted from my very limited running experience that the first couple of miles are always tough but so is the last mile - or the last bit of the slog home - irrespective of the distance actually covered - this is a relative thing given that the furthest I have run is 7 miles (it was steep tho').

The point I'm trying to make... is that it's the last part of the run - that bit when the end is in sight or at least just around the corner - when I start to seriously suffer and my theory is that this happens because my mind starts to tell my body that the ordeal is nearly over so my body, being a very lazy heap of flab and bones, goes yippee and gives up.

So, if this is true what is stopping me from running much further eh? As it will only be the last mile that hurts (oh, and the first two).

Hence my plan... If I can shake off this cough I am going to try and push my distance much further on Sunday and see what happens. I have a route in mind but am not going to give this away just yet in case I don't make it and need to pretend that I set out on some other great wheeze... talking of wheezing, I need to cough again.

I'll let you know what happens... Someone may need to come out and pick up the pieces.

Hold onto your hats...