RUNNERS
Coach carvey's
Favourite sayings
running partner, Peter, has heard me utter them so often that he is one more cliché away from physical violence. But let’s take a look, shall we? If I only ran when nothing hurt, I would never run. I’m not suggesting you go for a jog if your hamstring has been ripped in half during a drunken brawl with a farm animal. I’m referring to those little aches and pains that are the unfortunate by-products of propelling your body through time and space while in Earth's gravity. Put money in the bank. When I deposit funds into my
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savings account, no matter how small, my money doesn’t only grow, it also collects interest. Many of my runs are forgettable. There are those days that I just don’t have it and feel like I’m almost wasting my time. A hot and hazy day last summer comes to mind. I manage to drag my corpse up and down a dusty dirt road. Upon getting back to my car I use it to hold myself up. I look up at Peter and he nods as I declare, “Well…. it's money in the bank my friend.” Change your history. Are you the guy who doesn’t
run in the rain? Well, just one soggy jog and you magically become…the guy who runs in the rain! You define yourself with your past. Occasionally, when I get a little injury I will take a few days off. Sometimes a few days will become three and then four. Suddenly, my new history is the guy who does not run. The good news is I need only one run to change my history back to the guy who does run. The hardest part is getting out the door. I have been putting on my running shoes and heading out the door for 45 years and I still get a little bit of “Hey you, why not just take it easy today? You can always run tomorrow. Have some pancakes and watch the telly.” I usually tell this voice to go away, because I am also aware how great I’m going to feel when I get back from my run. If you didn’t hurt yourself running, then you can
probably run. Sometimes our world comes at us at the speed of life! Oh no, another cliché! Imagine you are visiting your son’s house and your grandson runs to
find myself repeating certain phrases over and over again. I hope the reason I do is because of the inherent truth and inspiration these gems offer. My
greet you. The height of this toddler’s head just happens to be the exact same height as your knee. This little darling child accidentally headbutts your kneecap and you feel extreme pain. Now here is the question, can you run? Coach Carvey has the guts and the knowledge to fearlessly declare, maybe. If your knee is wrecked from sprinting downhill on
pavement for two hours, then rest would be a fabulous idea. But if you bumped your knee on a coffee table, you may be able to get through your run. If you want to get good at running then you should run
often. Okay, I know this sounds incredibly obvious but it’s actually quite profound. People are always looking for shortcuts. They want results with the least possible effort. One of my favourite examples is a recent weightloss advertisement that promised, “Diet while you sleep!” Wow, I could do that... in my sleep! I guess the trick is people can’t eat when they are
Your grandson accidentally headbutts your kneecap and you feel extreme pain. Can you run? Maybe
asleep, so they are in effect dieting in the dark. To excel at distance running there is no shortcut. You
get back exactly what you put in. In the early 1970s a new running craze called Long Slow Distance, aka L.S.D., emerged. This movement called for lots of slow miles and promised stunning results. My own training usually consisted of hard/easy days and low mileage (30 to 50 miles a week). I was convinced to try this L.S.D. by an old friend who was not only a devotee of it, but went undefeated in every road race he entered that summer! I started running slower but longer, increasing my
weekly mileage to over 100 miles. I wondered if all this slow running would make me fast. It did! From eight to 25 kilos I ran faster by training slower, but longer. The key to my success was spending a lot of time running until it became effortless. Give it a try my friends.
Mysterious Coach Carvey lives in the USA and has never actually been seen by anyone. Investigate him further at:
www.carveyrunningtips.com
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