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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Running test

One of my resolutions has been to measure my 1 mile pace and try to beat it by 1 minute by the end of the year.  I have been doing a lot of long distance runs lately so my legs are a bit tired, but have been feeling more or less ok.  I just did a 1 mile (4 laps of a 400m track, plus 10 metres) time trial and got...

7:55

Not about to break any records anytime soon, but I figure even if I had had a good rest my peak at the moment will be around mid seven minutes.  I live for the slow twitch, not these sprint distances!

Resolution A: Run one mile in under 6:55 (4:17 pace) by December

Resolution B: Run 1.5 mile (2.4 km) in under 10 minutes 30 seconds (4:22 pace) by December (NZ Army entry level fitness criteria