I went to the track with Larry and Kent this morning. Once again, they ran their 1/2 mile repeats while I did 1 mile repeats. Yesterday I told Larry that after a week of pleasure running at Lake Tahoe I was ready for a tough workout and was going to run 4 x 1 mile repeats at sub-7:00. When it came time to do it this morning I felt like maybe I'd bitten off more than I could chew. I decided to give it a go anyway. I remembered a couple of quotes from President Hinckley that I heard yesterday about just doing the best you can, and doing a little better today than yesterday. It actually felt good pushing hard, in a "push your limits and find out what you can do" kind of way. As it turns out, I could chew what I bit off and ran the 4 x 1 mile splits in 6:48, 6:56, 6:55, and 6:50. Including the run to and from the track and the 1/4 mile rest laps I ran a total of 6.8 miles at 8:03/mi. I recovered pretty quickly and my body and spirit both feel good. I hope the rest of the day and week go as well.
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