I've been using my block in South Arlington to run 1/2 and 1-mile intervals. I measured the distanced last year with my car, but I've never been confident that the distances were just right. So when I saw local running legend Jay Wind at our Marathon Charities Partners training group last Saturday, I asked him if I could borrow his measuring wheel to check my route. This device is accurate to the foot.
Turns out, my 1/2-mile course was about 30 feet short. The Mile course was 50 feet shy. All those good feelings I had about my improving intervals quickly faded. Those fast splits I had posted now didn't seem that impressive. But, at least, now I've got an accurate course for speed work right out my front door. I start using it next week.
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