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Zitat von Elbschleicher

Ich versuche derartige Überlegung zu vermeiden. Selbstüberhöhung wird der Bedeutungslosigkeit der eigenen Existenz nicht gerecht.

Was hat die Suche nach der eigenen Grenze mit Selbstueberhoehung zu tun?

Wer aber klug ist, kann klüger trainieren und das kann u.U. schneller zum Ziel führen bzw. mehr Erfolg bedeuten, findest du nicht?

Du schraenkst es selbst ein ("u.U."). Ich meine nein. Ich hab' das kuerzlich in aehnlichem Zusammenhang auf Facebook diskutiert. Zentral ist die Faehigkeit zu Leiden. Sorry fuer's Englisch (google translate).

Yes, make it hurt a lot from time to time. I feel like I wear out mentally from it if I do it too often. I think it's a simple question of motivation. It used to be referred to as "over racing" and even some overtraining is purely mental. Matt Fitzgerald has prep races with the goal of just hurting as much as possible. Parts of getting slower with age is the mental inability to just keep banging your head against a brick wall. The WHY THE FUCK in your brain gets louder. The ability to hurt oneself is the single biggest difference between slow runners and elites. It's also a talent and it is no surprise that usually the less brainy types are more successful because they question less why they do it. The brainy type A's can keep it going for a while because they're type A's. Once a brainless type A figures out what the heck he's doing and that he has alternatives (read: made enough money from hitting his head against a wall), it's over.