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So my Steamtown buddy Bob mentioned that he lives ~3 miles from the track, so he runs to it to do his speed workout. So I used that handy gmap Pedometer, and lo and behold, I’m about 3.1 miles from Arcadia. So I ran to and from the track today for my warmup and cooldown.

VO2 max 8 mi w/ 5 x 600 m @ 5K race pace (7:04); jog 90 sec between

200m: :52/ :53
600m: 2:38

warm-up: 28:02 (~3.1)

repeat (600m)	split time	(lap avg)
1	:50, :43, :54	2:27
2	:51, :44, :56	2:31
3	:54, :45, :58	2:37
4	:55, :45, :57	2:37
5	:54, :48, :56	2:38

cool-down: 26:45 (~3.1)

It didn’t take long for me to notice that I obviously wasn’t measuring the track correctly. The middle 200m was consistently shorter. Ah well, I’m going to assume I ran long! I also jogged 200m between each 600, but it took me less than 90 sec each time (perhaps since it was short?)
My legs were a little tired, but I finished strong! Just hope the 11 miler tomorrow morning isn’t too rough..