First speed workout ever. 4x400 with intermediary cooldown laps at half speed (ok, the first two were more or less walking). No idea about pace, so after a light run to the track and stretches I did a lap at about marathon pace. Seemed to go fine, so I thought I'd turn it up a notch. Cave dominus videt!
Splits:
1 - 1:13 (dying!)
2 - 1:15 (gorge in my throat!)
3 - 1:22 (tasting that yogurt and granola!)
4 - 1:20 (put a fork in me!)
Clearly there are some conditioning issues. Before we left the track my 80-year-old stepfather challenged me to a 200 (he did it in 0:45, which I find pretty impressive)
Postscript: Thinking about it now, while I definitely have to work on tolerating elevated HR, I wonder if part of the problem wasn't my breathing. I was still doing the 3-2 pattern I use for strenuous (e.g. hilly) long distance, and there was probably some extra anoxia, which would have contributed to the nausea I think. So maybe it's technique as well as conditioning. | 