This is great training, I believe.
If I were running alone I would have settled for a slower pace. Running with Jim needs me to push a bit harder. Nothing too crazy but still challenging enough to force me to focus on the running.
More running, less chatting. Especially in the second lap.
As said, great training. For me anyway, not sure if for Jim though.
The bad news was that by the end of the second lap I was feeling tired so I had to play the “All right!” trick.
You don’t know what the “All right!” trick is?
It is a good tool to avoid sprinting when you know you are not going to win.
It goes like this. As the finish is approaching and you are getting to the moment to start sprinting for the line say outloud: All right!, exhale loudly and slow down every so slightly, like you were starting your cool down.
90% of the time your running mate gets the sign that there won’t be a sprint for the line, sometimes not even realising there was going to be a sprint for the line in the first place, and you are saved from a sure defeat at the sprint.
9% of the times the trick doesn’t work but that is because you were not loud enough when you said All right! Or when you exhaled. If you are not loud enough your running mate might not get the sign and go for the sprint. Not good for your winning record.
What about that 1%?
Well that 1% is for when you try that trick with someone like me.
For me, hearing “All right!” followed by an exhale is not a sign of truce. It is a sign to attack. I know it doesn’t speak too well of me but, hey, nobody is perfect.
Now if you want to be like me, be warned that attacking when your running mate has played the “All right!” trick still has the risk of losing the spring.
When that happens you look like a proper loser.
It happened to me once or twice (mostly in cycling). That’s why you don’t really want to be like me.
The run in Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/15634151332
Take care of yourself
Javier Arias González
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