The grind is how you win

Remember the grind of the marathon. It got depressing at times. But, it was auto-play in my mind. I had the plan, I just had to execute. It was a period of low activation energy, low mental activity. Simple.

The 20 mile run

This was such a brutal practice run. It was amazing too. But it was so important to get one of these in to be honest. Otherwise, I would have DNFd the marathon.