Progress on the Track
June 27, 2009
Last Saturday the track was not accessible, so I did 60′ on the road at a brisk pace – I was pretty beat by the end. Today, I did 2×200m, 2×400m, and 1×800m. I was planning to do 2×800m, but I was pretty beat by the end of the 1st one and I thought I would go much slower on the 2nd. Today was a blah day – I was tired and uninspired.
Times:
1. :37 (200m)
2. :36 (200m)
3. 1:18 (400m)
4. 1:17 (400m)
5. 2:37 (800m)
I was hoping to do 2×800m in 2:36, but not today. Looking at past posts, I figured I’d have to run 6×400m in 75 seconds, and 2×800m in 2:33 with minimal (4′) rest to break my PR of 5:14. That’s probably right, and I’m a ways off from that. The good news is that I went 7 seconds faster on the 800m than I did about a month ago. I think my legs are shot from this week.
Next week I’ll be in DC Saturday morning, so I won’t do a track workout, so I’ll have to plan my workout for 2 weeks from now. I think I’ll do 2×200m, 2×400m, and 1×800m with the goal to hold a 78 second 400m pace on all pieces. Once I can do 1×800m at goal pace, then I’ll go up to 1000m.
