AM - 11 DogTown/AC/Cotton. Again got a bit in before practice. Felt about the same, a little tired. HR at 36 this morning. (Connect 384.75)
afternoon - 11.5 DogPound/Dirt Mile tempo. Ran the Dog Pound in reverse with the team then hit 8xbarefoot striders. Quickly headed home and ran up to the Dirt Mile for a tempo session. Felt pretty blah going in and I figured this may not go super well. Getting into the tempo I was thinking 4 or 5 trying to start around 5:45 and work down toward 5:30. First mile was sluggish and slow, but to my surprise I came across in 5:32. So that gave me a bit of a shot and I felt pretty good. Hit another 5:32, but then started to get a bit tired in the middle of the 3rd and slowed a little to 5:36. Decided to get 1 more good mile in and try to push back. Got another 5:36. Coming around the mile, I thought maybe I would push another 1/4 to try and teach my body to keep pushing when tired and maybe beat my body by being mentally tougher. Got to the 1/4 and decided to push it to the 1/2. Just before I got there I thought I might just dig out the 5th mile, but then fatigue set in and I didn't want to kill myself - that isn't the point of the workout, yet. So I finished easy and cooled back home. Felt good that the times were a little better than last week and hit 1 1/2 miles further. (Barefoot '12 91.5)(Ohana racers 692.25)
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