7:30 PM 84 deg 48% hum 800s
Lap Time 400m recovery
1 2:57 2:32 2 2:57 2:54 3 2:57 2:44 4 2:59 This was my first 800s workout, and a little bit of a learning experience. I planned on using my average lap pace to stay on pace, but quickly realized you can't do that on a track! Unfortunately, I did not have my watch set to show my lap times, so I really had no idea what pace I was running, but figured I would just figure it out once I got home & downloaded the data! My first 800 my watch said I was running a 5:38 pace, which I knew I wasn't, but I figured I would try to maintain that pace on my watch for all of them for a consistent effort. I am too tired to figure it out now, but guessing my pace was a hair under 6:00/mi based on my 800 times. I was planning to do 6-8, but with the heat & not really knowing what pace I was running, I figured 4 was a good start! After a mile cool down, I was feeling a little guilty about stopping at 4, so I jumped on the astro turf football field & decided to do a few sprints & pretend I was in high school. I sprinted to the 10 yd line, jogged back, then 20, 30, 40 ..... up to 100. My last 100 yard sprint was 13 seconds. It was a fun way to end the workout, concluded with another Mile cooldown. I have no idea whether there is any validity to the Yasso 800s theory & but it makes for a good training target goal & since my goal is to run a sub 3, I would like to buildup to running 10 of these at the pace I did today. I am pretty sure I could have done a few more today at that pace, but since I did not know what that pace actually was at the time, I did not want to push it. Ironically, turns out I was running at exactly the pace I need to, based on Yasso's theory & my marathon goal. Now the question is, can I make myself do a track workout once a week in 90 degree heat? Can't answer that one, guess time will tell! lol
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