There is a word in Japanese called “Kivishi.” It is translated as harsh or severe. I would translate it as “track workout.”
Today was the first track workout, post marathon and it was very, very kivishi. I am not quite fully recovered so doing six 400-meter runs at 9:00mm pace was a handful.
The list of physical benefits from such training is long. The one non-physical side-effect is that it really teaches me to be present. When I am doing each lap, there is no time to rehash anything. Concentration is essential to these workouts. Sometimes the little side-effects are not really so little after all.
Next up is the Warrior Dash, this Saturday. My first purely fun race in about 2 years or more. Imagine that — training hard AND having fun.
Who would have thought??
