Wednesday, I ran my hardest workout to date. It was "only" ten miles, but it was at a faster-than-usual pace (average 8:58/mile). Tempo miles like this are meant to prepare a runner mentally for the effort of unrelenting miles, pushing at the same pace - in this case, a little faster than my goal marathon pace of 9:00 to 9:10/mile. After three or four miles, you begin to wonder how you can ever maintain this for 10 miles. But that is the great discovery about training - you just keep persevering, keep pushing, keep praying, mile by mile and finally you are doing the last mile. Just like in a marathon. Just like in life.
What more can a man do in this life but run strong and true, all the way to the finish line?
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