The Track

My original plan for this week was to run a track workout on Wednesday but I had a feeling that life might make a Wednesday night run difficult and my legs felt great so I went out to the track tonight.

A 2 mile warm up to get there which included a lap around the track and I was on my way. The plan was 1 x 800 and a 3 x 1200 trying to get each lap as close to 87 secs as I could. This number was based on passed races and little guide in the Daniels running book.

First 800 shooting for 2:54 and hit 2:55

400 recovery in 2:04

1200 in 4:19 shooting for a 4:21

600 recovery in 3:13

1200 in 4:18

600 recovery 3:33

800 in 2:53.

2 miles home and I was done. 7.5 miles in 57:00 minutes

The first 800 felt difficult but not so bad and the 87 sec laps seemed to be about right. The first 1200 was bit of a struggle but I was confident. Starting the second 1200 my legs didn't feel as strong and after the second lap I was really pushing. I was going all out at the finish and I surprised by coming in a couple secs under my goal time. I knew a 3rd 1200 was not gonna happen so I dropped it to 800. This again was a struggle but not as hard the 3rd lap of the previous interval.

Overall, I was happy with the workout. Beacuse I don't do this regularly I have a hard time determining how well it actually went. The 2 miles home my legs let me know I had done a workout but I definitely wasn't dead. I guess the plan next time out will be to turn that final interval into a 1200 and take it from there.