1:22:22. Went to the track today, it was windy as all get-out. Had a cross wind on the straightaways a head wind on the back turn and a tail wind on the first turn. There were kids from the PE class all over the track and at least one lap I almost fell over a football - very exciting. The workout was not very good. I did 6 x 800 w/400 recovery slower than last November (3:31, 3:34, 3:33, 3:34, 3:36, 3:35). It seemed that I lost 2 seconds on the second lap pretty consistently since I went through the first 200/400 at :53/1:46 every time ... after a 400 recovery after the last 800 I did 3x200 w/200 recovery (:52 every one) -- pretty odd that my 200s are about the same pace as when I run my 800s. I would think that suggests that I really have not developed any leg speed what so ever in the past couple of years. I wish I could say it is because that is not what I have been focused on ... but I am not sure. I seem to be pretty good at the steady state (just at or below LT pace) - but I am just not very good at the AT pace workouts (tempo/5K pace). This workout would translate into a slightly slower than 22 min 5K right now -- how this is going to affect my 1/2 marathon is not at all clear ... but it is clear I have lost quite a bit of leg speed in the past couple years and need to get back to the track if I decided to run any 5-10K's anytime soon. Have a good day bloggers. | 