Quote Originally Posted by Mossdog View Post
Brilliant and very well done DT - keep at it.

That's an interesting observation you've made; I found the same effect on my running when (Stolly-inspired) I ran everyday for about 16 months.

My definition of a run was 'at least 3 miles' each day. However, I noticed how my inner obsessional self (which I think perhaps quite a few of us runners harbour )was getting the upper hand and causing some 'social friction' as a determination to ensure I got my daily running fix was constantly on my mind. I also noticed how I was ticking off a lot of minimum distance runs each day at the expense of weekly longer, better quality runs. So while my endurance mo-jo was doing well and getting me out there every single day regardless of the weather or competing social obligations, I'm not sure my overall training was benefiting from the experience. Frankly, once I missed a day and broke the slavish obsession, life did become alot easier and in fact I now run most days but without the nagging compulsion to run everyday. But I'm glad I set the objective for that period, just to test myself.
In the absence of a like button, I really like this and can relate to it so much. The term 'social friction' can be very apt! It got to a point with me that my obsession to do something dominated my day, thinking about it at work, being moody at home until the run was completed,(then returning to my normal jovial self!!) but the reality was when it came to actually going out for a run, I didn't really want to, but did so through necessity of obsession. the result was sub standard mediocre efforts. having said that I know if I train/run 5 or 6 days per week I am a much better runner for it and this acts as the driving force.

Re The Cromford incline, I was surprised to see from my downloaded Garmin data (very tech)that it is only 440 feet high. It seems a lot steeper and higher when plodding out the reps!