Hard Work Beat Talent Analysis

Hard Work Beats Talent
It was September 10th, 2016, at the red, white and blue cross country invitational. That day was the first day I broke 17 minutes and I got 16 minutes and 52 seconds in a 5k (3.1 miles) and it was only the beginning of the season. This has been one of my goals since freshman year, but I just couldn’t reach that last year. Finally, this was the year that I reached my goal and, It took a lot of uphill battle and dedication through the summer.
This summer I ran about 5 times a week and two of those days were rigorous workouts, the majority were just easy runs and every Monday were a long run and they helped build endurance, my long runs lasted about 80 to 90 minutes; Easy runs were 60 minutes and most of the workouts were to work on are speed and race pace. All the workouts had a good outcome on my running but Constantly running everyday didn’t all ways work well with my body, so some complications I went through the summer we’re having sore calf muscles and always being tired but I was not really practical about that. Even though I was perpetually tired I always pushed through because I continually remind myself about a famous running quote once said by Mo Farah “Anything is possible, its just hard work and grafting” .
Running races like 2 or 3 times a month really helped me get used to running at a certain pace. One big thing I always did before a race is I would jog through the course first so I can get used to it and, so I would know when to start picking up my pace and start passing up people. During cross country season and even before it there was a ton of small things I have had to do to prepare myself for breaking 17. For example, before races I had to make sure I was warmed up and all stretched out so I didn’t pull a muscle. And after the races I had to make sure to do a cool down run and stretch out so my legs wouldn’t be sore the next