Ran a thirds progression run with JenH and Travis. Tyler joined for first four miles. 120 min with first third easy, second third medium, third third moderately hard (abt marathon pace). I cleaned all day on Friday and have been working myself ragged so I came into this tired from the start. Gave myself two gus in the run for that reason. First third pace was about 7:40ish pace. Second third was about 7:08 ave pace. Third third was 6 miles, and splits were 6:46, 6:38, 6:32, 6:32, 6:31, 6:25. I was hurting so bad the last two miles. I was forcing myself to practice caring (see my sixth mile of my race this monday). I wanted to give up so bad, but in the second to last mile I just kept surging. In the sixth mile I was moaning and close to giving up, but told myself, if you had to run a 6:25 to get the OTQ in the last mile of a marathon, could you do it, so that's what I did. The end of this run seriously felt like a marathon. After the run I iced and got to my house at 10am. Except for a stint to the dentist to get my crown put back in, I was at my house until 12:10, just after midnight cleaning. The RS came two days, and Mack was there, probably cleaned 10 hours or more beside me. My mom and my friend from work Erica also came. So grateful for all the help. And yes, in retrospect, I should have hired professional cleaners. | 