Stuck on the treadmill today so I made up a ladder workout. 1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1-30-30-30 8.5 miles total in 61 min. 1 min recovery in between all sets @ 8:27 pace and the fast intervals ranged from 9.2-10.3. 6:35 pace - 5:49 pace. I kind of wanted to quit during the 5 min set but I stuck it out and felt really good about the hodge podge workout.
Planks/pushups
Today's take away from the book The Extra Mile: "Learning to break things down is one of the most valuable lessons I've learned as an ultrarunner. It's helped me when I feel like I can't sit still, and it's also helped me when I feel like I can't get going. In both cases, the trick is to do less than I think I have to do. I do not have to get to the finish line this instant; I just have to get to the next bend in the road. Training yourself to think in bite-size bits takes practice and willpower. But it's something you've got to learn if you want to be a long-distance runner. Tricks like these can help with the most difficult part of running-the most difficult part of anything, really-conquering it in your mind's eye. If you can mentally convince yourself that you can tackle a task, you can always accomplish it physically. Well, maybe not always. Almost always. More often than you think. Sometimes, at least. Definitely sometimes!"
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