Comments on: How bad do you want it? by Matt Fitzgerald https://runningonfullblog.com/how-bad-do-you-want-it-by-matt-fitzgerald/ Random thoughts, used to be about running Thu, 17 May 2018 11:15:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Sophie https://runningonfullblog.com/how-bad-do-you-want-it-by-matt-fitzgerald/#comment-543 Sun, 13 May 2018 14:13:50 +0000 http://runningonfullblog.com/?p=3192#comment-543 In reply to Liz Dexter.

Thanks Liz and I think it’s what a lot of us do. Fear of failure? A perfectionist streak? Fear of the unknown? I think so many of us have some elements of these. Over the last couple of years I have been pushing myself into situations I’m uncomfortable with. With running, this has meant being on a video and poster with Racecheck (still laugh every time I see it), going to meet the pacer events/pacing at Hackney etc. I’m also pushing myself physically (albeit while trying to remain injury free and not having my lower back go again) with doing the 50k again, and working on getting faster. Happy running!

]]> By: Liz Dexter https://runningonfullblog.com/how-bad-do-you-want-it-by-matt-fitzgerald/#comment-542 Sat, 12 May 2018 15:54:18 +0000 http://runningonfullblog.com/?p=3192#comment-542 This does sound interesting, too. I am quite resilient, fortunately, and I think having a high boredom threshold helps with training, too. But I also know that I am almost completely unable to push myself in certain ways, and very timid and risk-averse, which leads to disappointment when I don’t do as “well” as I’d hoped for fear of … what?

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