Where do I go from here??????????

A DNF in the Hardmoors 60, is this a negative to dwell on and become down beat about and think I'm not actually meant for all this!

OR

A DNF in the Hardmoors 60, is an opportunity!  It might not necessarily be a positive thing in itself but it can be used positively to go on and achieve future goals!

This is great psychology, I love it!  What happens to a person can either be a negative experience or a positive opportunity.  This means, like with the HM 60,  a negative mind set would allow this to make them feel beaten, unworthy, fragile, not up to future challenges, not capable, and a failure.  A positive response to this, would be to take the DNF and make it a base to start from.  Something to learn from, build on, and be successful from!

The things I take in to consideration are, I didn't train that well so therefore I managed 57 miles on barely any training with the longest run being 16.5 miles.  I underestimated the event, and I think a little complacency due to previous successes took place.

What have I learnt?

It doesn't matter what the event, you need to train appropriately!  Give the event the respect it deserves, treat it as your toughest longest event to date.  Do a full kit check, and plan each aspect of it so can look back in the future and compare.

My current training is all base level work.. This involves general fitness with nothing specific.  I am concentrating on steady warm up on bike with maybe pushing it with a 20-30 min bike workout.  I will then do some dumb bells for arms, this will be followed by squats, lunges and jumping lunges.  I like doing old school exercises such as press-ups, sit ups and burpees.  After 2 weeks I'm really starting to feel the benefits, fitter, quicker and leaner.  Getting ready for some running I love it feel great.  I'm getting excited about the long distance stuff but want to concentrate on gym, short runs and speed!


Hardmoors 160 - 7.5 months to go!