We live so far under our potential that it’s downright sacrilegious. We need to step up and step out and let go of our self-imposed limits.
“How we think mentally affects so much of what we can accomplish physically.”
-K.A. Wypych
Self-Imposed Limits
“As a new ultramarathoner, the thought of attempting a 50-mile race scared me to death. I ran my first 50-kilometer race only a month before the 50-miler. Prior to that, my legs had pounded the pavement for up to 26.2 miles or less.
During the 50-mile endurance run, I charged out too quickly for me, and I extended a pace beyond what I could handle for the length of the race. My legs began to ache with normal running pain at mile 20, and I pushed on until I met the last cutoff at mile 41. Runners had to reach mile 41 by a certain time in order to be allowed to finish.
Somehow my mind knew this, and the wheels began to fall off once I passed the cutoff. I stayed too long at the last few aid stations, even sitting down at one point from fatigue. The length of time per mile began stretching out as the race wore on, culminating in a snail’s pace after the sun went down. I traversed the woods alone comforted only by the light of my own headlamp and flashlight, ultimately completing the event.
Have you ever watched the end of a race and noticed runners collapse right at the finish line?
The athletic capacity of so many runners could not possibly have been exactly the same or so expertly conditioned to reach their physical limit precisely at the finish line. The participants all had the same threshold; however, the limit was mental and not physical.”
Full Article
Click the link below for full article: What Roger Bannister Taught Us About Self-Imposed Limits, K.A. Wypych
You can do more than you think!
Love, K.
-K.A. Wypych, Contributor to Athletes in Action and author of Ten Iron Principles
