I finished the mountaineering marathon race, my target for this summer. I enjoyed the race as not care about the result, but I now hope to return to my former running performance. Then I came across to watch a youtube video about what expert runners did to get sub-3 hours again in their 50s. On the premise that runners have the muscles to complete the race, he says that strengthening the stride is of the utmost importance. All this surprised me, as I had assumed that my slowdown in running was due to a decline in cardiorespiratory fitness. Apparently, until now, I had unconsciously skipped over any mention of stride length in videos or articles about running.
In scientific ways, brains naturally narrow their vision through self-serving assumptions. It is also said to be called “Selective Attention” in psychology. I would have been looking hard for a solution, but I would have been giving myself the answer. I would look again at what exactly I should do. I wish I could lift the bias.
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