Visualization

It was a cold damp evening; I walked up three flights of stairs quickly; I really did not want to be late. I entered the room to the far left; it was dimly lit, stuffy and hot – not what I was expecting. There was soothing music playing in the background. Everyone had taken his or her place. I walked up to an empty spot and began my one-hour journey of what would be a most grueling spin class. It is so difficult to push yourself sometimes – I try and keep myself motivated through visualizing.

I actually imagine what it would be like when I am running on race day – people cheering, me getting to that finish line, would I see familiar faces or would I not. When I spin I think about the wind, the circular motion of the wheels propelling me forward. I enjoy swimming so I don’t need to visualize as much to keep me going. Another tactic that helps me is interval training especially on my runs. I break down every mile into 200 or 300 meter intervals and vary the speed. This helps me get through the mile and makes my goals smaller and easy to accomplish which makes the mile just fly by.

I have once again started logging my workouts – to see my progress you can click here. I post my goals every Monday for the week and then try to track successfully against them.