Workout at Liberty Park. I left home at 5:30 and ran to the park where I met up with Aimee Larkin and Brad Anderson and Tim, a friend of Brad's. Warmed up another loop around the park and then started the workout. The plan: 3 sets of 1 mile/800m/400m. I wanted to concentrate my effort on the miles and do what I could on the other parts (which turned out to be not very much). I chose the park because these could all be run on an essentially flat course and I could see where my mile times might put me. I found it much harder to get a speedy rhythm on the 800s and 400s in the park than on the track, however.
Set 1: 5:33/2:38/80 Set 2: 5:34/2:39/80 Set 3:5:30/2:40/80 Last year when I did this workout on the track, my miles were in the 5:37 range.
Brad is an animal, by the way, holds his own every week. He should race more, he's very fit. I ran home from the park after the workout, making it a fairly long Tuesday for me.
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