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Relaxed 8’44”55 3K at sunny altitude

As I live less than two laps around from our 300m indoor track here in Flagstaff it wasn’t a big change to my daily routine to start off my indoor season by doing a 3000m race today. There was only four runners on the start line, all from NAU and…
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the strategy was simple – follow the rabbit Ben Ashkettle in 53” seconds per lap. I did as told to for the first 2000m and was able to finish up alone on pace in 8’44”55. That converts to a 8’23”96 on sea level, so not too bad for four weeks after the marathon and not a whole lot of fast running. Despite the snow on the ground we are running in shorts in Flagstaff as the spring sun is constantly shining and from now on I will join my teammates in workouts. A bad workout is always followed by a…

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