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Progress!
Gotta love those little breakthroughs. Last night was one of them. Workout was 6×5 minutes at tempo (which by the VDOT recommendations, is 6:05 to 6:15). Because the last time I did it I was dying after just doing 3 or 4 reps, I thought I’d really die… But it went GREAT! First two in…
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11 weeks, 310 miles
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