Speedwork at East High, 5:35 am. I had to get to work early, so I couldn't join the whole Black Sheep workout today. I started early and overlapped with them a bit toward the end of my workout. They were doing 12 x 400. I started with a 1.3 mile warm-up through the neighborhood. Got back to the track and ran 4 x 100 meter strides w/100 easy jog. Started the workout with 4 x 800 meters. My target was 2:40-2:45, which I only barely managed, running 2:46 a couple of times. I didn't feel great. I ran 400 meter recovery jogs between each. Then ran 1 x 1 mile in 5:30. This felt better than all of the 800's. Then two more 800's: These were better: 2:40/2:45. I then ran 2 x 400 with the Black Sheep in 77 each with 200 meter recoveries. These felt easy. Josh Steffen was out with the Black Sheep today and he was helping to push the pace. Then a mile cooldown. I felt slower than I should have today and didn't nail my splits like I would have liked. I did have some problems with my watch, but I am usually able to stick to my splits more intuitively and keep things consistent. Strange workout for that reason. |