100%
I’ve been going to British Military Fitness a year now, over a year.
Anyway, tonight. Tonight was tough. We did a lot of running and then did some more running and I, felt like, I really struggled. I have a few feelings about this:
- I’ve had nearly two weeks off and it feels like your ability to maintain the pace falls off really quickly. I’ve talked to other people about this and they’ve said the same thing. It’ll pick back up but tonight the prolonged cardio really took it out of me.
- There were a lot of fast people tonight. A lot. It’s not often we solely have a green group and so I think he pushed us harder because of it. Mixed feelings about suddenly being one of the slower ones. On one hand my head is saying when you’re at the back so why bother and on the other hand I bloody love it. I NEED the competition, nothing makes me work harder.
It’s an odd thing really. Like tonight he had us running continuously for 7 minutes up and down the bridge. It was really horrid and you’re thinking at the time that you just can’t run any faster all the while there’s someone on your shoulder and that person who you beat last time is moving further away from you (damn her!). At the time you can’t see how you can run any faster, yet after you wish you would have pushed yourself a little more.
I have this thought running through my head at the moment that I will give 100% at all times. During BMF and just generally. It’s getting there. It’s just you can’t help wanting to leave something in reserve can you? It’s whether we should, or not?
September 7, 2010
2 responses to 100%
100% is great in theory, why wouldn’t you want to do everything you do to the best of your ability? It can also be hideously demoralising – almost like setting yourself up to fail if you don’t recongise when you’ve hit your 100% level. And if you don’t hit 100% then does that mean you’ve let yourself down?
I think it’s about perspective – knowing when there’s a need to push yourself to find your 100% limit and when it’s right to settle with good enough or to hold something in reserve.
Can’t really disagree with any of that Ally.
The way I am looking at it presently is that I’m going to ‘try’ and do everything I can in any given situation.
It’s just I’m really trying to get away from that the kind of over-thinking that has tended to hinder me in the past. To just simplify things and not over-complicate things.