Coach Jeff ROC wrote:Or a couple of buddies to just rabbit the front and back straights... they wouldn't have to push you the whole distance... might be more manageable...
Maybe, but for me it's the RACE that motivates, win or lose. Winning is better, of course!
Requires someone of similar fitness, which might be challenging to find. In my PR run, I was able to hang off my buddy's houlder for 500m, then hammer past. If the plan was for him to just "pace" me for a lap, with no "win" for motivation, dunno if I would have been motivated enough to endure the pain. Certainly wouldn't have been as much fun.