I ran an 800 time trial this morning in 2:07.5 with splits of 1:03, 1:04 (possibly dead even splits, but I did not hit the lap time at 400). My goal was to do it in about 2:05. My high school pr was a 2:08, and I knew that the pr was weak, so I thought I could get it down to about 2:05 today but my legs just did not have it in them. In hindsight I probably started off too conservatively, as I never really felt like I was running an 800. The effort almost felt like a 1600 effort, but for some reason I had a hard time speeding up over the last 200m when I was trying to go faster to get the 2:05. Even at the end, I was not in pain, and I felt more comfortable than I should have. Part of this probably comes from not being accustomed to running that distance, as I have not run an all out 800 since I was 17. I will probably try this again in about 2 weeks to see if there is improvement simply from being more comfortable. I ran 5 miles in the evening. I ran it faster than yesterday as I was not pushing the stroller. Finished in about 38 minutes. |