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8 miles — 6 mile tempo in 43:05 (finish @ sub 7 pace) #running #twit2fit
Progressive tempo, 6 miles. Started at 7:24 pace, finished at 6:58 pace, with a 6:28 pace kick the last 0.2 miles of the tempo. Didn’t feel good going into the run (sinus infection, headache). Don’t try this at home, kids. Only an insane man would do a hard workout when he didn’t feel well to…
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Suspend doubt #twit2fit #running
Zig Ziglar reminded me of the “fake it ’til you make it” mentality. Suspend doubt, and trust that the pieces will fall into place later, and that you have the ability to connect the dots. I found this mentality critical when trying to understand calculus. No, I never had a real problem understanding calculus. I…
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I ran 15 miles at sub-9 pace the hard way #running #twit2fit
(and on the treadmill at 11pm) I decided that I’d do a progressive workout, starting @ 6.0 mph (10’00”) and going to 7.4 mph (8’06”?), by 0.1 mph increments per mile. I have the speed to run 6’30” intervals, but I’m still hesitant to push for a sub-9 pace long run. I started off in…