Workout at the oval today. Normal warmup - 8 laps and 4 laps speed changes. We did 2x200s which I hit both in 34, then 4x400s and I hit 74, 73, 77, 75. Then we were supposed to do an 800. Well it didn't exactly go as planned, I guess I just didn't want to hurt. I came through the 400 at about 82 then died. 2:49. Yikes. Then I changed back into trainers and started cool down. Bill was waiting at the 800 mark. I immediately knew. I wasn't getting away with that. I was by myself this time. Came through 400 in about an 83. Finished in 2:48. Then started cool down again, Bill running with me and giving me a pep talk. I didn't like having him mad at me or being mad at myself. So I decided to do another one, much more motivated than I was before. Changed back into flats. This time I just told myself I needed to hit that 80 first lap then kick. I surprised myself and actually went 76, finished with 2:35. And I did it alone! Then cooled down for real this time doing an extra lap. Did my core!
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