BYU Blog 9

 The past month has taken me into May. A month full of long weekend music festivals and volunteering. But training, detoxing from CAMRA duties is a goal. 

Training continues to be a priority whilst juggling other life areas. Makes me appreciate the amateur athlete. Two events in June with Rasselbock to keep testing the BYU style, in event conditions, whilst simulating with shorter version. The slower pace, time to stop, eat, drink, etc all part of simulation. 

So my Strava for May 13th looks like five separate loops but is actually continuous with stops. Does anyone else train in this way? comment below 👇

Other big change is lots more walking/hiking including a twenty stage long distance called The Peak District Boundary Walk. A group of three of us, mainly on Wednesdays, one stage per week responsibilities aside. I take in the views and convince myself it's all part of a bigger picture and long term goal of BYU September 13th and beyond. 

One further change that I am making strides with is mental application. Short hand this may be referred to as stubbornness, mindset, determination, etc. However, a combination of neuroscience and psychology led me to invoke mantras, inner and outer voices and blocking things out. Hence the phrase when the going gets tough the tough get going but this I always imagined was muscle-bound males due to other people's portrayal. 

Thanks for reading, if you did. If you have any comments about mind, body, training or BYU PLEASE COMMENT BELOW 👇

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