10. Add in another speed day, say a quiet Sunday morning while everyone else is resting or sleeping late.
9. Run hills, again and again and again.
8. Meet the Spencerport breakfast club at 5:30am for a tempo workout (my willpower is seldom strong enough for this).
7. Workout twice a day, or more (notice I didn't say run twice, which is also okay sometimes).
6. Bike home from work, then run.
5. Take a rest day, you can't beat your body and soul up continuously. Eat an extra cookie, have a scotch.
4. Lose weight.
3. Lift weights-including abdominal work!
2. Concentrate on mental toughness while running, "pain is inevitable, suffering is temporary" (original author unknown). How much are you willing to suffer and for how long? Is it raining, snowing, windy? Who cares?
1. Winning is relative. Did you set a pr for your age, for the year, on that course, in that distance, make it through a race giving 100% of the best effort you could for that given day? Then you are a maniac. Congratulations!
Can't say I do all of this, but I try, especially leading up to races that for ridiculous personal reasons are important to me.
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