45 minutes
Liberty Park Tempo Run
Did 20 minutes of tempo today and kept 6:20 averages, I was hoping to maintain 6:13 but this was still fairly solid! I started a bit too quick around 6:00 and 5:50 pace and then about 14 minutes in I died hard and it brought my pace down! One and a half weeks till we race! Only one more speedworkout until then! On my cooldown, I was thinking about how I approach workouts and races mentally! I've always thought that enduring as much pain as possible during a race is a means to the end of PRing ,or decreasing one's time! Furthermore, because increasing one's pain leads to faster times, I've always thought that making pain your end pain, during a race, was a better method for PRing, rather than focusing solely on the PR. I was thinking more about this today and how this mehtod relates to pain, in light of Plato's 3 parts of the soul. Plato would likely consider a desire to avoid pain as an appetite, and so I figure that plato would consider pain to be processed by the appetite portion of the soul, the part of the individual that does not reason. Becasue of this appetite, there's always the incentive to slow down during a workout or race. The desire for comfort is a natural part of humanity, and so when an individual makes their end pain, a conflict arises between the rational portion of the soul and the appetite portion of the soul. The question during a race is always which part of the soul will win out, an individual's rational will, or their bodies appetite for comfort. The more I think about this conflict between will and appetite, the more I think about ways to strengthen one's will. I think I need to start testing different methods for strenghting my will, and strart being more mindful of the affects of these methods.
Good Things: I'm thinking about new racing strategies and ended up within the ball park of where I wanted to be for this workout.
Something to Fix: I let my form break and my pace slow down in the last 6 minutes of my workout. I think I need to be more mindful of my form and do some plyos.
Song: Painted Yellow Lines by Dispatch
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