Ran an easy 5 miles in 37:33. My legs felt quite strong today. It is a weird feeling because I know they are tired from all the training, but the strength I was feeling was undeniable and is exactly because of the hard traning. This is one of those days that felt just so good to be running.
These are also the days you have to tell yourself to stay away from the speed even though you know you can run fast. You have to follow your training program in order to be successful in competition. Why? Other than what I hope is an obvious reason to follow it, when you are actually racing you must also be following a plan. If you discipline yourself to follow a plan then you will not go out too fast (the other possibility is, of course, too slow, but that is not what people usually do at the start) and you will not underperform during the race. It will go according to plan and most likely you will be able to correctly guess your finish time within 5 minutes for a longer race and one minute for a shorter race (5 or 10k).
Good job babe! I'm so proud of you and that you're doing so well sticking to your training goals! :)
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