TAKE TIME TO REFLECT
RECOVERY IS IMPORTANT BUT, AS MARA YAMAUCHI EXPLAINS, SOME REFLECTION ON YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF MAKING PROGRESS
‘‘ IN THE 2008 Beijing Olympic marathon, where I finished sixth, my goal had been to just make the GB team and reach the Olympics. But as I improved, I found myself moving the goalposts and demanding more of myself. I should have been over the moon with my position after only aiming to make the team. But the tantalisingly close bronze medal – just 22 seconds ahead of me at the finish line – made me hungry for more and somehow dissatisfied with a performance that I should have been thrilled about.