Isn't the notion of "reading" to "toughen up" a bit oxymoronic?
Set a stretch goal and go out and beat it. That's how you toughen up.
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"If you’re new enough [to racing] that you would ask such question, then i would hazard a guess that if you just made up a workout that sounded hard to do, and did it, you’d probably get faster." --
the tiniest sprinter