How fast can I go?

[ahooton]

Great points. Like I said, an interesting subject. And a very complex one. My point on training the mind comes from some training programs I did when I was serving. How true it is I don’t know, but was told that a human will only push itself to 5% of actual ability where a horse will go to destruction. The training we’d be put through was adapting yourself to push those boundaries.

Obviously, my opinion is subjective, I am by no means an expert in this field, just a competitive fella that likes to punish myself!

[iain]

Great points. Like I said, an interesting subject. And a very complex one. My point on training the mind comes from some training programs I did when I was serving. How true it is I don’t know, but was told that a human will only push itself to 5% of actual ability where a horse will go to destruction. The training we’d be put through was adapting yourself to push those boundaries.

Obviously, my opinion is subjective, I am by no means an expert in this field, just a competitive fella that likes to punish myself!

A horse will ride until it drops, but these are horses that have been "broken" and are obeying their riders. It would be interesting to know how hard a horse pushes itself in the wild, especially when not running for its life! I think any %age is meaningless, but there are plenty of examples of people who have performed well beyond where they believed their limits were when they really needed to.

[ahooton]

Oh I completely agree, the percentages are completely arbitrary. It’s just one of those analogies I picked up in life that spurs me on when things are getting tough!

[Two Pudding Kid]

In my opinion it is hard to say whether it is possible as improvements sometimes come at unexpected times and you may only plan to achieve this speed once.

Being a relative youngster you can probably going into the pain cave far deeper than someone like me who has to mind her back, (gone are the days when I can risk everything).

Good luck