QT: Key Mental Lessons Learned By Way of Race Day Experiments
Last weekend, I ran my first race in quite some time.
Me and My New Bling
Depending on how you want to classify things, it had been almost a year, a year and a half, or well over two years since I ran my last race.
No matter how you slice it, I was looking forward to getting out there and pushing it a little bit for the first time (and hopefully not the only time) in 2018.
As race day was drawing closer, I started thinking about how I was going to run the race based on the loose goals that I had set for myself.
Ultimately, I decided to do try a few things that I’ve never done before on race day.
Yeah, yeah. I know you’re not supposed to do anything new on race day.
Well, I did. And what do you know?
Things couldn’t have turned out any better! Read more