Yeah, I totally filed that one away to use if / when I ever do another marathon! If I could hit all 15 at MP I’d go into that race expecting to WIN IT!

Hey! Just sent you an email- you might not like it all (I’m encouraging the treadmill… ahhh!!) You are right Belle, I need to be flexible. Was going to do the run yesterday but took a rest day instead to kick the cold… it was still lingering worse than I thought today though… boo!!! Congrats on your mile PR and your nice steady 7.5 today… you are kicking butt.

Thanks Matt!!

All your wise words are working like a charm for me. Tomorrow will be a better day and a better run.

Wait, I totally thought you were doing 20 this weekend- but now I’m looking at your facebook page and I think I’m wrong!

Thanks Michelle! I appreciate it- I can’t help but wonder if I would have ran that first set in more like 7:10-7:15 if I would have lasted- I’m not sure I would have either way. It wasn’t a “this hurts, I feel like slowing down” it was like “holy crap, I’m sucking wind and I can’t run an 8 minute mile, let along consider jumping back into another set of 5 at MP!” I hope your 20 was awesome this weekend!!!

Hi Kassi! Thank so much! It’s so true- if I “listened” to my body, I’d be running a lot slower in my speed work! The body sometimes wants you to stop and the mind has so much more control than we give it credit for sometimes! Thanks for following along!

Hi Hollie- thanks! 🙂 Undernutritioned can totally be a verb in our world. haha! Getting over the lazies, that’s tough sometimes… but almost always worth it..