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This this this. This is the payoff for all the long slow grinding miles. Speedwork like this:
12x200 @ 31.4, 31.8, 31.8, 31.3, 30.8, 31.3, 31.0, 31.8, 31.3, 31.1, 31.3, 31.7

There were lots of people milling about the track last night and during one of my recovery phases, this guy asks me: "Are you a professional runner?" My response, of course, was to laugh, shake my head, and mutter "no no no". His response to that was, "well you look like the real deal." Ahh, if only that were true.

Even though it isn't... this.