Well, it's Tuesday, and that means a hot date at lunch. I was there, but Mendy decided she would rather mess up her leg in the pool the other day than do track work with me today. It was still a hot date though; it's about a million degrees on the track, hazy sun, and humid as can be. Okay, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration. It's about 82 deg, 3-5mph winds, and it feels really humid. Maybe the haze is making it feel worse than it really is.
After taking yesterday off of exercise and enjoying a blistering hot lunch of Thai food (and I'm not joking - I eat it 15 x "Thai hot") with my friend The G-Man, I was extremely aware this morning as all the Thai food left my system. I'm glad it did, because that would not have been fun on the track. I changed clothes, dropped my stuff off at the car, and decided to run to the track as a warm up. About half way there I decided that it was a bit long for a warm up run at about a mile, but it saves the wear and tear on my car by driving such a short distance. I was going to do Chris's recent workout (800x2, 400x4, 200x6), but I decided that may take too long and I just didn't feel up to it, so I cut off the 200s. Here are my times:
.97 mile warm up @ 7:08 (7:19/mile)
800m @ 2:45 (5:24/mile)
400m recovery
800m @ 2:45 (5:29/mile)
400m recovery
400m @ 1:15 (5:11/mile)
400m recovery
400m @ 1:15 (5:08/mile)
400m recovery
400m @ 1:18 (5:30/mile)
400m recovery
400m @ 1:15 (5:15/mile)
.97 mile cool down @ 8:27 (8:42/mile)
Fairly consistent pace, I guess. I wasn't pushing as hard as I could, but rather focusing on heel strike and pushing off with my big toe to even my stride. The variance between same time/different pace laps is probably due to using the Garmin. I'm just too damn fast for the satellites to track! LOL No, seriously, I think the Garmin just skips sometimes and guesstimates the pace based on where you are and how long it took. Not so accurate when you are running in loops.
Anyway, I feel beat now. My 301 shows 813 calories burned, so I need to replenish. Thank goodness I passed on the 200s! Next time I'm going to do a gel before track work. Looking toward tomorrow, I may do a brick or a long swim. Decisions, decisions...
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6 comments:
Great consistent track work. The air quality today is terrible some of the worst air quality this year. So you didn't exaggerate. It's nasty out there.
Yea, agreed. I walked out of the gym, and just saw this haziness. I saw it also, when I got out of the car at home. It's everywhere, at least all through Mauldin.
Sorry, I stood you up. You understand! I'll be there next Tues though. Trackwork is great for me, so I don't like missing it.
Such a fast speed session for you! great times, and consistency. You're 800's were the same time, and your 400's only a 3 sec difference, and for 4 of them. I like the 400's better - shorter, but those 800's are so important.
You're doing great!! And, it's nice to have the workouts done for the day!
Don't worry, she'll make it up to you ;)
LOL I love this "Fairly consistent pace, I guess." like you did bad or something. Pffftttt. Looks like a great workout and FAST too. 800m at 2:45 and my lunch would be all over the place LOL
Good job!
Women are evil like that. Always finding sneaky ways to get out of stuff ;-) Nice job on the speedwork! Killer intervals!!
I have the Garmin 201 and I am just about done using it. The tracking sucks sometimes.
Great track workout!! Mendy would have only distracted you :).
Great job on your intervals!! I love burning up the calories like that. :>)
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