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<\/a><\/p>\nAfter a day of rest I decided to try for a few interval 1600m.\u00a0 \u00a0A long day of rain led me to conclude that the safest place to run would be the Jackson High School track.\u00a0 The sun was breaking through the clouds as I did my warm-up. The somewhat ambitious goal was to try for three, maybe starting at\u00a0 9:00 and getting down to the low 8:00 range.\u00a0 \u00a0I spiked up and headed to the starting line wondering how my legs would feel today.\u00a0 I was looking for 400m at 2:15 on pace for my 9:00 goal.\u00a0 The first 200m came up at :50 and the 400m was 1:45 while feeling quite comfortable.\u00a0 \u00a0That got me a little excited, so I pushed on at same effort level.\u00a0 The 8:00 read 3:34 still feeling no distress.\u00a0 Then I decided to go for it and rev it up on the next 400m.\u00a0 At 1200m my watch read 5:31 and I knew it was going to be fast.\u00a0 The final 400m was a serious push, and I finished 1600m in 7:33!\u00a0 (3:34 and 3:59). I was quite shocked and completely satisfied that that was enough for today. I did follow it up with a 400m in 2:00\u00a0 before I took off my spikes.\u00a0 The workout ended with an 800m jog.\u00a0 \u00a0 The relative ease with which I completed this 1600m effort has raised\u00a0 my confidence in my current fitness level.\u00a0 We will learn if this translates to a quality 5K race nine days from today.<\/p>\n
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