AM: Springside Track - 10 miles, averaged 7:33
Mile Breakdown Workout in the snow
I bombed this one on the tempo loop a few weeks ago, and thought I might do it today (among some other options). It was snowing, but I figured I'd try it. I jogged to the track and it was already covered but I could see the lanes through the snow (that ended pretty quickly). I cleared off my usually starting point on the finish line and continued warming up and snow continued to fall. I got busy without much of a proper warm up (3.1 miles, a few pickups but no strides). I just ran and didn't take an 200 or 400 meter splits, just the concluding split. You can see I wasn't really consistent throughout.
1600 in 5:31/400 jog
1200 in 4:14/400 jog (5:36 pace, which was off target)
2 x 800 in 2:45 and 2:50/200 jog (off target second interval)
4 x 400 in 79, 81, 80, 80/200 jog (more or less on target)
Not bad for the first track workout of the year. I am sure I was mentally slowing down on the snow and not getting complete traction but I doubt I would have been too much faster. I was end of race effort after the last 400, so I felt good about my effort. Pleased to get this one in. I wasn't sure I was going to.
2 mile slush plod cool down
PM: Treadmill - 4 miles. More snow than expected. Light core session and pushups.
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