Feeling Good Training

Lovely article about feeling one's run and training. ie. focus on a feel-good session. Not by lounging or slacking. But by being fitter and less fatigue. And the way to the get there is by hard work. Yes, the paradoxical simultaneous existence of pleasure and pain.

http://running.competitor.com/2010/08/training/feel-good-training_12639

"Your mind receives a million times more relevant information about how your body is doing than some silly gadget like a heart rate monitor."

"the most enjoyable runs you experience are not easy runs but very challenging ones that happen to fall on days when your body feels up to the challenge. In running, you can experience pleasure and suffering simultaneously."


I totally identify with that. On reflection, all the runs and races that were memorable were those that were tough but enjoyable.