We are what we consistently do. The hard every day model is one built one practicing coming up short and always leaning into impulse. I’ve seen it happen time and time again - an athlete starts to slow down on runs. They begin to recover, they start to feel good, and that nagging voice in their head they tried to quiet down begins to roar “You’re not doing enough”. This impulse leads to the ultimate crumbling of the entire training system. Not from one single run but from cutting the foundation out from underneath the athlete.

Going into a race 100% trained and 80% recovered will likely yield an underperformance compared to the athlete who shows up 80% trained and 100% recovered. The latter has a bigger well to draw from, the under recovered athlete is running dry with 20% of the race still to go. Where do you think the biggest moves are made in a race - the first 20% or the last?

I’ve worn 3 monitors at this point 2 on my left arm and one in my right arm. If you put them directly on the back of your arm you can barely feel them until you shower or take off a shirt and catch it on the monitor. It’s my only frustration with the actual device so far and I otherwise can’t complain. For those that are just reading this - Supersapiens is an implanted continuous glucose monitor that is paired with an app to track and measure my blood glucose. Let’s Dive in to what I’ve learned.

There is this consuming fear that if I slow down, or take time off - I’ll lose everything I’ve gained

That fear is very real and in the current landscape, it’s very hard to navigate the trail in front of us. Over the years athletes have struggled to truly take time off “descend” and rebuild before starting to climb towards their next goal.