Zamboni dodging at the Olympic Oval. I decided today was a good day to get back into some speed workouts, so I headed out to Kearns. I like the light and the climate control, but I was quickly reminded why this is not my favorite place to work out. There is just so much traffic on the track! The one that really annoyed me was the girl who was running in lane one in the opposite direction of everyone else. They now have designated lane directions that switch daily. Today's direction was "backwards". (not running backwards, just clockwise instead of counterclockwise.) I had to recalibrate my distances since it's not a 400 meter track.
My workout was 4 x (600-400-200) with 2 minute, 90 seconds, 1 minute recovery inbetween. I usually just jogged a 200, or actually a 240 inbetween.
Set 1: 2:06, 81, 39
Set 2: 2:03, 80, 38
Set 3: 2:02, 80, 38
Set 4: 2:02, 81, 38
I couldn't really seem to break out of that 80-81 pace. Still, I recovered quickly and felt pretty strong. This workout was designed to get some turnover going. I'm trying to regain some leg speed after a summer of marathon training. I actually love running track workouts.
Short cooldown. I wanted to get out of there before 7 to beat the traffic on 5400S.
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