Day 5

Not gonna lie! I thoroughly enjoyed my off day yesterday after four days of pushing my body so hard! But those rest day are necessary: for the the body & the soul! Because the next morning, you can go out strong again! Ran a total of 9 miles (including warmup run to the park starting spot) in mostly sunshine with 5 other people! One of them being my amazing coach and he is TOUGH! I ran a clocked 8.79 at an average 9:21 pace! That is faster than my half marathon pace so I am elated to see that! I know the strenuous training schedule will pay off in the end! I usually run so early in the morning that I rarely have the opportunity to run with other people. It's amazing how much peer pressure can push you so much further!!! I loved it! I would clock this run as a success! One week til  Pear Blossom 10-miler!!! I'm gonna fly!!!! Thank you Stan for an awesome run this morning!!!!

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors.
Try to be better than yourself.
--William Faulkner