Workout with Ted today. It was a bit depressing as he is so fast and yet I am running about 2x his volume right now. He did 4x800m and I did 6x800m. We started with a 2 mile warmup and some stretching. Then we started the workout. He held about 4:40-4:45 pace and I started out too fast hitting 5:10 pace for the first one and then progressing to 5:32 pace by the end. He finished each one with nearly the entire straight away ahead of me. Then he would do the recovery lap at nearly 8 minute pace. I am used to barely a shuffle for recovery. We went at the line, but he would accelerate for about 30m leading up to the start which increased his lead on me. It was 90 degrees and I felt it. We met a guy named whim (sp?) who is closer to my pace but still faster than me (his 10k pace is my 5k pace). Hopefully we can meet up for some runs and workouts and he won't utterly embarrass me like Ted does. After talking to whim for a while, we went for a 3.2 mile cooldown. The heat hugely affects my times on workouts. If I had done a longer workout I am sure I would have gotten slower and slower. But at this point in my training I don't think it is about maximizing VO2max time/volume but getting the miles in and occasionally letting my legs/lungs/heart feel some speed to not lose it. And I haven't lost it. My last 200m I dropped 32 and the first 100m of that I really didn't feel like I was going fast, I was trying to steadily accelerate through the 200 (my last 800 I hit 5:20 pace again because of the kick). | 