Space between thoughts

Mike charmical was written up in one of the tri mags this month. The subject was mental toughness. He said that he learned to race in the space between thoughts. Rather than pumping himself up with positive ( because they run out of power) or fighting off negative thoughts, he remains in the space between.
I brought this idea out to the track today for a 4mi Tt. The Tt workout is the toughie for me. ESP in the cold at 530 am.
My time was either 30:08 or 30:49.
Or somewhere in between. Garmin said I ran long and that my 4 mi time was 30:09 which would be a pr. But I hit the stop button a little after I crossed what I thought was the line and that time was 30:49. Why does it matter? Because my old pr was 30:17 from 8/11. Either way I turned what I thought was a bad run into a very good result. Good for me.
The whole workout almost got cxld before it started. As I was trying to get out the door at 5:00am I hear cc standing up in her crib crying and calling for me. So I rocked her back to sleep. Great way to start a day!
Gonna hit some heavy dynamic lifts later today. Either at lunch or at home.
Afternoon update- did some banded box squats today. Dynamic sets. Started with 10x1 at 135+2 60lb bands then moved up a little. But I need a form check. I don't think I had my feet far enough away from my body. Pretty fun though. Gonna hurt tomorrow.
Then I jumped in with the class on a wod of 10 Rft 20 split squats, 10 sit ups and 5 handstand pushups. 11:15 best time of the day!