The East High team had a 6 am practice, so I thought I would run with them this morning. They had a speed workout, which I'm not really ready for. I decided to pace some of the girls to get a little turnover . It actually felt really good to speed up a bit. I could tell I'm not anywhere close to an all-out speed workout, yet.
We warmed up 2 miles, and then did 4 hill sprints. The first hill sprint felt terrible, but then my body warmed up and they felt better. We started the workout with 2 x 400. I ran with the girls hitting 90. We ran 90 for the first one, and then got peppy and ran around 85 for the second one. After the 400's they had a mile. I ran with the group hitting 6:10-15. I just ran 6:15. Cardiovascularly this was no problem. My legs felt it a little bit, though.
At this point I needed to leave. The kids still had some 400's, but Teren needed to get to work. A little short today, but this is still a recovery week. I was surprised that it felt pretty good to turn the legs over a little bit.
I'm proud of the kids for getting up so early on their fall break and running in the cold and the dark. They did great! However, some of them should remember that 35 degrees is cold and wear something warmer than shorts and a t-shirt.
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