Now I know what I need most for my training, it's the exposure of racing. In training, I can do well and perform superbly, but when it comes to competition everything turns the other way round. So the best solution now is to race more often, as racing is one hell of a good training.
The psychology of racing and training are 2 different matters. In racing, you get pressured and pushed. Once you're ahead, you would never wanna turn back or drop back, so it keeps pushing you to stay on and move ahead by knowing other athletes are right behind you. So mind would say don't let them catch your tail, and get the hell outta their sight as fast as you could. Thus, the intense pressure present in mind during the race is very tense, and that is a very good training. The heart rates go really high up as well when you're in a fast pace, so it's one hell of an anaerobic training. And at the same time, the adrenaline pumps through the blood and all over the body in a high speed measure.
In training, it's the different. Nothing seems to be pressuring you, especially when you're training alone. It's only your mind that keeps telling yourself that you can do it, just do it. But having no pressure like in the race, training's psychology is most likely relaxing. You can slow down if you choose to, you can rest if you choose to. Even if there is a coach beside you, you still can rest if you're too tired because your coach allow you to as the coach doesn't want you to overtrain or get injured. Thus, you get your freedoms in training, but you're on your own when your in a race trying and dying to get the hell outta race course! Escape from Alcatraz!
So race training is what I have to do more from now onwards! Race race race!
The psychology of racing and training are 2 different matters. In racing, you get pressured and pushed. Once you're ahead, you would never wanna turn back or drop back, so it keeps pushing you to stay on and move ahead by knowing other athletes are right behind you. So mind would say don't let them catch your tail, and get the hell outta their sight as fast as you could. Thus, the intense pressure present in mind during the race is very tense, and that is a very good training. The heart rates go really high up as well when you're in a fast pace, so it's one hell of an anaerobic training. And at the same time, the adrenaline pumps through the blood and all over the body in a high speed measure.
In training, it's the different. Nothing seems to be pressuring you, especially when you're training alone. It's only your mind that keeps telling yourself that you can do it, just do it. But having no pressure like in the race, training's psychology is most likely relaxing. You can slow down if you choose to, you can rest if you choose to. Even if there is a coach beside you, you still can rest if you're too tired because your coach allow you to as the coach doesn't want you to overtrain or get injured. Thus, you get your freedoms in training, but you're on your own when your in a race trying and dying to get the hell outta race course! Escape from Alcatraz!
So race training is what I have to do more from now onwards! Race race race!
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