This is Part II of the post I wrote last night. If you haven't read it yet, click here and do so. Don't worry. I'll wait.
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Done? Good. Now you've got some context.
The 12 minute mile last night did not happen. I'm not at all disappointed however, because I still shaved more than a minute off my previous PR of 13:31 which is over a year old at this point! Last night I finished at 12:21 thanks to my trainer who kept pushing me when my brain was ready to give up.
Stupid brain, it was ready to throw in the towel before we were even half way through! It was hard, don't get me wrong, my legs burned, my chest burned and at a few points, I really didn't think I could go on. It took everything I had to go from 5mph to 3.5 or even 3. I did go down to 4.5 a couple times, and at one point, went down to 3.8 for a few seconds, but finished strong at 6 to close it out!
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The new mile time was not the biggest thing that happened last night, however, I learned 2 very important things. First, make sure to take proper recovery steps! I cooled down and stretched, but I didn't do any kind of recovery shake or meal until over an hour after I finished. Bad idea. Later last night I developed a migraine that didn't go away until less than an hour ago!
The second thing was more of an epitome than a lesson. My belief about myself and what I could do shot through the roof! 21 seconds is nothing. I will beat that before the month is out. :)
In closing, to those of you who read this and encouraged me online, over the phone, or otherwise, thank you!
On a side note, this blog post is very applicable as well. Check it out!
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