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Return of the MOJO.

Weeks of OK training, weeks of horrible training….yep, had plenty of those. Last week I had a return….of the mojo! Nothing feels better then every workout being just as it should. My recovery runs were recovery, my speed days were rockin’ and I was able to complete each workout as intended and NOT want to die when done, and they weren’t easy.

My friend made an analogy, a solid workout is like depositing money in the bank, a huge withdrawal comes on race day…well if that’s the case I had an overtime paycheck last week! I rocked the swim and bike very well and the run….well lets just say I ran like it was my job!

My first speed workout was just as much mental too. I ran along side a pretty swift runner. By swift I mean, holy batman fast. We were doing a tempo run and I was able to maintain the speed and distance and my partner was not. He asked yesterday, “Do you think you would have understood how hard that workout really was if I was able to finish it?” I hadn’t given it any thought before, but perhaps not. I know it sounds horrible but it did feel REALLY great to know I could do that workout, it was long and fast and I could do it, and do it well. So while I was bummed he couldn’t, I sure was feeling pretty great about myself! I hate to say at the expense of someone else’s non completion I gained a ton of confidence.

I finished my week of awesomeness along side Tom for a great 10 miler last night. It was late, we were hungry and WOW did we rock out 10. I felt like I was floating….finishing that run I knew, I had it back. The mojo that is. It’s been a long time coming and I am sure it will try to continue to come and go but I shall draw on the last week of running as a base everytime I start to question myself. Confidence was built!

Do you have those weeks? Weeks where it all comes back together?, your training is solid, mentally you feel like a running machine and you just know you have your game back? Embrace those weeks, and if it’s been awhile, pursue that week. Start out planning to have one, you run hard, you deserve it, and the feeling is second to none.

Happy Running!