Great Post Ryan ….5 stars from me …
You talked about Jesse Owens, who is also a personal hero for me.
So I am inspired to contribute a little personal experience as a rookie in the forum.
In 1972 at the Olympic Games in Munich as a boy being a spectator, I had the great opportunity to shake hands with Jesse, who was a visitor of the games and since this time I have an autograph from Jesse in my room.
Many years later I was about 17 years old and had a frustrating season in track and field …. I stopped it early in September and did not run one meter, no training for 3 weeks.
Unexspected then I had to take part in a team competition and smashed my personal best for the 400 m by 2 complete seconds and won the race.
Unbelievable.
I was so fresh an quick, like newborn ……
So my conclusion also is supercompensate , supercompensate and supercompensate and give your body all the time which is needed …