It’s Day 4 and you’re still here! That’s awesome! Please take a minute and just say thank you to yourself for sticking to it and not giving up. 

DAY 4: INTENTIONAL RUNNING 

Not every run should feel the same, and no, I’m not talking about good days and bad days. If you’re a runner, you know that some days just feel better than others, and that’s always going to happen. That’s not what I’m talking about here.

I’m talking about your effort level.

Some runs intentionally need to feel easy. Some runs need to intentionally feel hard. Some need to be in that medium range.

And you need to know that before you even head out on your run. 

Pushing hard on every run won’t make you faster, and especially in the second phase of life, you’ll usually end up feeling worse, getting slower, and possibly even getting injured because you’re overdoing it.

Plus, your hard days need to be balanced with enough recovery so that you can actually reap the benefits. 

So many runners are breaking themselves down with hard runs and hard workouts, but not actually gaining anything from them, and that just breaks my heart.

In today’s live training, we will be talking about effort levels in your running and how to make your running more intentional (yes, we are finally getting to the running part!)

ACTION ITEMS:

1. Before you head out on your run (or after), perform this set of running drills. Running drills are a great way to dynamically warm up before a run or can be used as part of your cool down. They help to naturally improve your mobility and your running form also!
2. While you are on your run today, rate your effort level, On a scale of 1-10, how hard does your run feel? Check in with yourself at the beginning, middle, and end of your run and give yourself an overall rating for the run from 1-10.

Click here to record your results and check off another bingo square!

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