Magic Number?

Last night at the track I did the classic marathon training workout: Bart Yasso’s 800m repeats.  10 800s at goal marathon time translated from hours:minutes to minutes:seconds with equal rest.  This workout takes FOREVER!!!!!!  It tests mental endurance just as much as physical endurance.  I ended up shortening my rests to just a lap around the track to get the thing over with.  

I wanted to run 3:35 repeats and found that time to be too slow.  My 800s fell between 2:27 and 3:31, the majority landing at 2:28.  Perhaps this is my magic number?  I hope it’s my magic number!

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