Black Sheep workout at East High Track. It was one of those mornings where the idea of a workout just doesn't seem like great plan until it gets underway. I think that is the value of doing speedwork with a group--it gives you some extra incentive and motivation to do something that, on your own, you may not want to do. You just have to suck it up and do your part to help the group through its collective pain. Johanna was coaching today and when she announced the workout I wanted to go home. After a 1.3 mile warm up and a lap of strides, this was the plan: 1 x 400, 1 x 800, 2 x 400, 1 x 800, 3 x 400, 1 x 800, 4 x 400, 1 x 800, 5 x 400. So, if you're keeping score that means 15 x 400 with 4 x 800 thrown in for fun. The first 400 was slow, after that I was basically running very consistently 81-82 seconds. The 800s varied a bit, with an outlier of 3:04 for the first and a fastest of 2:49. So those were a bit easier. The last 400 was 72 just to celebrate almost being done. The group started with 21 runners today and there were just a handful finishing the workout. That kind of attrition means that it was probably a pretty good workout. I ran a couple of laps for cool down and headed home. The East XC team was meeting up at the track today too but they headed over to Sugarhouse park. I hope Bill didn't have a track workout planned that we stifled with our vast numbers. | 