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That is a very impressive CV of progress, Ballesteros.

Your weight loss alone is, theoretically anyway, good for over a minute off your mile pace. I am guessing you did some serious dieting. Your exercise regimen alone would not normally account for a 28 pound weight loss.

You'd run faster if you were lighter is all. Something like 5 seconds per pound up to a point.

Do 10 x 1000m @ 4 minutes every week. Start with a 2 minute recovery then gradually knock 5 seconds off the recovery till you reach 1 minute. If you can do that then no probs.

Also, if you could get your weight down a bit it would help a lot. You don't say how tall you are but if you're under 6 feet then you're a bit overweight for a sub 40 runner. I am 6 feet and a bit and weigh 11 stone 12 and could still stand to lose a bit of weight.