Reminder of move-in dates...
Transfers: move in August 13
Returning Students: move-in August 14
Both the team and GTAA will have functions during the following week before school starts. Before you make any other plans for this week, make sure you clear with coaches first. If you know of any conflicts, make sure you notify coaches as soon as possible.
Training for the this week and for the next few weeks is pretty straight forward... one long run, one to two "easy tempos", hills or fast strides on Thu, and one day off. This is week five of gradually building mileage, so shoot for 80-85% of full volume this week. Next week will be a consolidation week with slightly lower volume. The only real danger right now is overdoing the "easy tempos" and the recovery days. If you finish runs and wonder if you are actually going too easy... you've probably nailed the effort perfectly!
Lastly, below is from former Navy Seal and author of "Can't Hurt Me", David Goggins, is his description on how to be a great teammate...
"A lot of people in life want to feel victory with putting in minimal work. While being a part of a team is very important, you don't want to be the team member who gets carried through every evolution.
When I was going through training, we used to carry these logs. There were 6 people on one log so it was easy to hide out on that log. People could act like they were trying their hardest by the look on their faces. In reality, while there were 6 people on that log, only 3-4 were truly carrying it. In addition to the log, they were also carrying the other 2-3 people that weren't pulling their own weight.
I got a chance to realize all of this when they made the lie detector log. This particular log had six different small logs connected by a chain therefore each person had to carry their own. Under this log, there was no hiding and therefore they got exposed.
While team is very important, you must first be a good individual with maximum accountability. Make sure when you are pulled from the team and put on the lie detector that you are not the weakest link!
Never hide amongst the strong pillars in your team. Make sure you work your ass off to be one of them! Stay hard!"
TEAM > TEAMMATE > SELF
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