{"id":422,"date":"2010-07-30T10:30:04","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T14:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/?p=422"},"modified":"2010-07-30T10:30:04","modified_gmt":"2010-07-30T14:30:04","slug":"relent-vs-endure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/2010\/07\/30\/relent-vs-endure\/","title":{"rendered":"Relent vs. Endure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was still a bit humid but much cooler for this morning&#8217;s loop around Central Park.  Although it was about 60% humidity, 71 degrees with the wind felt fantastic for a change.  However, my body was not performing at the levels I thought it would and was doing.  I did 6.26 miles in 46:41 (with a couple traffic delays stopping my run).  That meant I was doing 7:27s, but I thought I was doing better than that pace.<br \/>\n<iframe width='465' height='548' frameborder='0' src='http:\/\/connect.garmin.com:80\/activity\/embed\/42407748'><\/iframe><br \/>\nI think my lower performance was because of the demands I put on my body over the last couple days.  Recount that yesterday I banged out my second 8+-miler in less than 12 hours, and also hit the gym just before it.  I had had 6 hours of sleep, and last night I think I had around 6.5 or 7 hours.  As a result, I don&#8217;t think I had enough rest to recover from those demands, so while my performance today wasn&#8217;t horrible, it wasn&#8217;t fantastic either.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, there is still something to be said about so-far-this-week.  I ran three days in a row (8-8-6) in spite of a tough schedule that seriously drained my energy early in the week, and the summer humidity and temperatures.  I got a bit more serious about my goals, and I&#8217;m trying to get even more serious.<\/p>\n<p>Of note in this run, I realized the decision situation when, say, I&#8217;m climbing a hill.  You are faced with a choice between roughly two options as you mount the hill: endure, or relent.  Usually, I get to a point at which I am challenged to the point that I relent.  Conditioning, though, entails enduring in these times, and to choose &#8220;endure&#8221; rather than &#8220;relent.&#8221;  If I continually do it, in theory it will become automatic for me to endure, not relent.<\/p>\n<p>It takes strength to endure.  So what I&#8217;m doing when I endure over relent is that I give myself strength to endure.  When I choose relent, I give up strength and relax.<\/p>\n<p>So there you have it for today!  On the plate for tomorrow is a 20-miler.  I&#8217;m not sure yet whether I&#8217;m doing it tomorrow or Sunday&#8211;it depends if I&#8217;m on a night shoot tonight, which seems possible.  If I am, I need to shift around my schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was still a bit humid but much cooler for this morning&#8217;s loop around Central Park. Although it was about 60% humidity, 71 degrees with the wind felt fantastic for a change. However, my body was not performing at the levels I thought it would and was doing. I did 6.26 miles in 46:41 (with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/2010\/07\/30\/relent-vs-endure\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Relent vs. Endure<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-runs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":423,"href":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions\/423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}