8 miles easy on Murdock with Julia, 8:15 pace. I really needed this run with my bestest friend, I'm so thankful for her in my life. The miles flew by and the coversation was great. I'm going to give my body one more recovery day and then hopefully be ready for a workout on Saturday.
I liked this article on Running Times about Scheduling a Breakthrough. It's a long article but worth the read, below are some of my favorite take aways.
"Too often you will feel strong and be eager to push yourself harder, but you have to hold back and keep the pace comfortable and easy."
"Runners usually go at whatever pace they can sustain and think they have to push themselves during each workout, or at least sometime during the week. Slowing to a conversational pace and adding miles to the edge of your fatigue threshold, however, allows the consistent buildup in distance over a number of weeks."
"In other words, you have to get out of your comfort zone. Doing something you've done before, regardless of how hard it feels in the moment, is something your body already knows how to do, so that activity will not produce any meaningful adaptations."
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