I ran the track workout that I meant to do last night. 400's are pretty short,but I'm trying to do some turnover work to improve my speed in preparation for a fairly big 5k women's race in September. I warmed up 3 miles through the neighborhood and ended up at Taylorsville track. I did 4 200's as part of my warm-up. My workout was 12 400s with 90 seconds recovery around 80 seconds. All of them were between 1:18 and 1:20. The last 4 I cut my rest to 1 minute.
I actually thought this workout would be a little easier than it was. I guess I need to train my speed back a little. My long term goal is a marathon, so I guess running 5:20 pace isn't that important. I think I'm just remembering the college days, when sub-5:20 pace was easy. I guess it's time to face the fact that I'm not 21 anymore.
I wanted a longer cool down, but I needed to get home so Teren could leave for work. Cooldown was a mile and a half. | 