03.12.2020 What motivates you on Thursdays?

I got in an 8-1/2 mile run this week.  I have been dialing down the run effort just a hair for the last three 8-1/5 milers because I got to where I was feeling spent.  So today was another day where I set my goal pace about 5-10 seconds/mile slower than what I had been doing but at the end of the run the pace worked out to be about where it was when I was pushing a little bit harder.