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Please post your questions or comments at our Forum. It's about time I gave some info on what actual workouts I'm doing. I did a good one a week ago: 5 x mile at 74 sec 400 pace with lots of rest (3.5 min). I followed that up with 2 x 400 in 71. It felt pretty good, smooth and fast to start off with, but increasingly difficult as the miles wore on. It got harder to concentrate, easier to worry about lap counting or other nonsense, or, the silliest distraction of all, how I would write it up on this blog. Afterward I felt sore but without any serious pain, the perfect workout feel. Yesterday I ran 5 x 2000 at the same pace and also felt good (except for the blood blister that formed on my heel). I think the 2K's felt even easier than the miles. It's amazing how that works. There are so many invisible variables affecting a workout. Sometimes you feel like crap, sometimes speed is a breeze. I've been getting in two hard track workouts per week as well as one long run on the weekend. I'm in good shape and I'll be in the best Spring shape since college if I can keep this up.  - Neal |