Did Yasso 800s workout on the track in the rain and drizzle - 8x800m with equal time jog recovery. I thought I blew it by running the first one in 3:24 - thought it's too fast and I'm going to pay for it later. To my great surprise I managed to hold this pace or faster over the entire set!! I had to dig deep every time after 5th repeat, but I was able to hold it. Here are the splits:
| Repeat |
Time |
| 1 |
3:24 |
| 2 |
3:23 |
| 3 |
3:25 |
| 4 |
3:19 |
| 5 |
3:21 |
| 6 |
3:20 |
| 7 |
3:22 |
| 8 |
3:21 |
This workout (although done with 10 repeats) is supposed to indicate marathon fitness. i.e if I could hold this pace for 10 repeats, it predicts I can run marathon in 3:24. Of course, the track I'm running on is 387m. long, and although I'm running extra distance I can never be sure it's exactly 800m. Garmin reads 0.5mi but I'm still not sure. Also, according to Greg McMillan this workout predicts about 5 minutes too fast, so it's more like 3:29 for me. Even that may be too aggressive. I don't want to read too much into one workout though, I think my half marathon in 3 weeks will be a better predictor.
Total time 1:28:38. I feel very tired now, but hopefully I'll recover in the next 2 days for my race on Sunday.
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