"Eighteen was a shambles. Nineteen required all his effort to keep the pace from slipping down to a stumble...He staggered about, tightly grabbing his knees, eyes clenched shut, painfully, for tears could not get out while the sweat seemed to seep in easily... Cassidy awoke once during the night, filled the toilet with bloody urine (something Denton told him might happen) and went back to bed.""The trial of miles; miles of trial."
Once a Runner, John L. Parker, JR.
My interval work outs have yet to produce bloody urine (clearly not working hard enough) and my coach has (half) joked that he needs to ban this book from my reading list. Just an idea of what it takes. I ain't going to be running a 3:57 miles any time soon but AT LAST seem quality mileage is starting to be produced CONSISTENTLY! Logged 45 miles of running last week and will log 50 this week. My first proper long ride (5:30) and another planned this week(6:00).
Managed to negative split my 20 miler last night, 2x20m tonight (aiming at 295w avg.) and a track session on Friday - will it produce bloody urine? Only time will tell but I'm hoping not... this week anyway!
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