Woke up this morning and almost bagged this run. 18 miles after a Half Marathon race. Crazy! But, the legs were not sore so I figured I would give it a try. As I was running I kept thinking, "why a long run after a race?" It is in the plan and I am sticking to the plan. Then at mile 14 I knew why. I was fatigued and my head was not into it. With 4 miles to go, I had to buckle down and grind out those last few miles. Mental toughness. That was the reason. What got me throught those last 4 miles was thinking about a rest day tomorrow. Every step I was closer to the rest day. That was my reward. Averaged 8:05's for the 18+. Hilly course and the quads are fried with 31 miles of verticle climbing in the last 2 days. | 