Alright, I have no discipline. The training plan called for 8X800m with 400m recoveries. My thoughts were to run the first 5 or 6 at a tempo pace but not to push it too hard. If I felt good, I would run a couple in the 10K pace range. Well, the first one we dropped [...]
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The Return to the Track
Posted in interval training, intervals on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Back on Track
Posted in interval training, intervals on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was back at the track last night. We had another good turnout of about 14 people. It was a fantastic night with the temps in the high 60s and low humidity. The plan called for 5X1000 meters at 10K pace. For the most part I did OK. With having just run the half-marathon and [...]
Big Track Turn-out
Posted in intervals on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No complaints about last night’s track workout. We ran a 3X1 mile with 600m recoveries. Considering we just finished a 10 mile race, I had my goal set to run the miles at about 10 mile pace. I had no problem with that and frankly I was right at or just above my 10K pace. [...]
Cut-Down
Posted in intervals on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We got down to the track at our usual time. Finally, the heat is not that bad at 6:30 in the evening. In fact, it was almost pleasant. It was another good turnout at the track. We ran a cut-down of 1600, 1200, 800, 400, and 200 meters with a final 1200 meter interval. The [...]
Track Work
Posted in interval training, intervals on August 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a while since we did long repeats. So even though it is brutally hot, we went ahead and did 1 mile repeats. I was planning on just 3, but with a little egging on, I did 4 1 mile repeats. Our recoveries were 600 meters. I was very consistent and hit all but [...]
Track
Posted in intervals on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We had another good night at the track. For this evening, we went with a cut-down. We started at 1600 meters and cut down to a 1200, 800, 400 and a 200. We topped it off with a 1200 meter. We kept the kept the intervals around a 5K pace. I was very consistent and [...]
Off-Track
Posted in intervals on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Instead of the usual Tuesday track night, we decided to go out to the streets and run 12X60 second Fartleks at about 5K pace. The weather was good, overcast and in the high 80s. While on the streets, I was able to run my 5K pace, however, the sidewalks were too twisty to consistently hit the [...]
Hot Intervals
Posted in intervals on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, a bunch of us were at the track to run 2X(800, 600, and 400) intervals. Although not anything new, it was once again very hot out there at 6:30PM. The temps were still in the 90s. Anyway, we had a good turnout. The warm-up and cool-down miles are really fast. We’ve been hitting [...]
Big Track Turnout
Posted in interval training, intervals on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We had another big turnout at the track. There was an even dozen of us out there. We ran a simple 8X400 meter at 5K pace with a 200 meter recovery. Although my legs were tired and felt a little dead, I was able to keep the pace at just at or under my 5K [...]
Hot Track Night
Posted in intervals on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The heat was on full blast at the track. I’m almost thinking that 6:30PM is too early. We had a great turnout at the track. Some folks ran 400 meter intervals, others were doing 30 second intervals. As for me and a few others, we ran a cut-down workout of a 1600, 1200, 800, 400, [...]
