Brown lake loops

Starrs mill and back

Lots of sweat

Cool down

Treadmill tempo

Ran tough. Biya and I traded the lead the first two miles or so. Then the Ethiopians(Walelegan Amedework, Muktar Edris, and Addisu Yihune) pushed the pace. We ended up with a group of five for the last two miles(Edwin Kurgat was in there as Walelegan had dropped from the pack). At somewhere from 5.2 to 5.5 I made a big move, then it was me and Yihune. He the pace pushed around 5.7 and I tried to pass him on the inside at around 6 miles, but he cut me off. With less than 200m to go, I made a big surge to pass him again. There was a lot of room on the left, but he saw me passing him, he ran me into the fence. My momentum was gone. No video of the race(so no way for the official to see if it was intentional or not), but I’ll look forward to my next chance to race Addisu Yihune.

The big positive from today is that it felt like this was the first time since Boston I’ve ran a race where I’ve felt I was getting the best out of my self. 
Edit: Today’s race was a big win in the mental game, and that’s what I’m most excited for/focused on.

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