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February 9, 2005
1320s on the track
Yesterday my cold had a second wind, probably due to running too far and too hard on Monday. So the run yesterday wasn't very fun. Today I am feeling better again. Unfortunately I had speed scheduled for today, so tomorrow I'll probably feel bad again. I would have taken another rest day, but with my race coming up on Sunday, I wanted the extra recovery. Afterall, my legs are more important than my head cold.
Today's workout was 5x1320 (yards) on the track. This is a little more than I have been doing during my speed sessions so I planned to slow up a bit and shoot for 5:20 pace on them. The first 1320 felt terrible and I hit 4:00 only with a mad dash to the finish. When I started the second interval the entire WC track team (~80 people) had assembled for practice and stretching. Their coach saw me coming and made them clear lane one - so now everyone was of course watching me! I came through 440 in 74 (only 6 second too fast) and finished in 3:51. I was pleased with the fact that 3:51 felt easier than 4:00, but I knew it wouldn't last. I hit 3:54 on the third, really struggled through the 4th in 3:53 and then finished with a 3:44. This was a good confidence builder going into this weekend's race. I am thinking 16:15 would be great, but you never know with these winter road races!
James' Running week 1 of 10: 23 of about 70 miles
Wed: 9.5 miles, 5x1320 with 3min rest (19up, 19down)
Tues: 7 miles, Upper Switchbacks to Rutter Parkway
Mon: 16 miles (2 hours), Shady Slope/Moon Tower/Camelot/Fairwood
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Comments
Hey, nice job with that workout! It sounds like you're improving pretty quickly. Good luck in the race this weekend.
Posted by: Alison at February 10, 2005 5:06 AM