Positive Trend?
Don’t look now, but it has been 3 good runs in a row with one of those being a workout. I do believe that counts as a streak. A few more days and it will be a tear.
Last night on the track it was an interesting workout that is not typical of the breed we usually do. It was 4 sets of 800m – 100m jog/recovery – 300m hard with 3 minutes between sets for rest. The goal pace Kevin gave me was 2:18 to 2:20 with 48-49 but I felt 2:16 was possible without doing any damage and 48-49 was right for the 300m effort. I was working out with roland who I thought was going to be around 2:12-2:14. I could not have been more off in my estimate but that really doesn’t matter. Here’s the break down.
800/300
1. 2:15/47.7
2. 2:16/48.5
3. 2:16/49.2
4. 2:17/46.5
The first one was too fast because of my total lack of any feel for pace or cadence on the track. It is odd because I am typically pretty good at that but this season I have not been feeling it too well. I was going off of Roland and he was on his way to a 2:06 and I went through in 65, oops. I thought it would come back to haunt me the way those fast starts always have but not this workout. It actually finished off quite well with a quick last 300m that I could have run faster but I didn’t want to tear myself up and do anything that would take any significant recovery.
I will try to put an entry in tonight after my run and hopefully a light lifting session. Actually, any lifting session I do is bound to be light, but this one will be extra light.
That’s all I got.