AM: 8.2k in the am, 5:06 ave pace. PM: Warm up 5.14k Plan was 10-12 800's at 2:50, but I knew coach would ratchet down my times due to how I have been running (well :D ). I got 9 hours of sleep last night, but still woke up a bit throaty, feeling like I am fighting a cold. And eating some peanut brittle (where is my will power?) about 2.5 hours before the workout made my stomach a bit unsettled. So I was glad when he said we would do 8-10. Since they are 800's, I want to do 10 even though my body wants 8, because then I can compare this workout to my past yasso's. I have done two yasso workouts where I have averaged less than 2:45, and they were both 2:43 ave. I thought I could beat that tonight, and we have less rest (going on the 5 minute very strictly, so 2:15-2:22 rest). Coach wanted me at 2:40-2:45. I thought, I will start at 2:45 and we'll see. Roberto and Ali did the workout, Roberto was ahead and Ali behind Here's my workout: | 1 | 2:43 | | | 2 | 2:41 | | | 3 | 2:41 | | | 4 | 2:41 | | | 5 | 2:40 | | | 6 | 2:40 | | | 7 | 2:39 | After this one I did a record for running to the bathroom, 1:17, including a fast hand wash with soap | | 8 | 2:39 | | | 9 | 2:39 | | | 10 | 2:31 | Coach challenges me to do a 75 first lap (then I knew he would want me to hang on), so I did a 75 then a 76. He called it at 2:30, but he usually calls things a second faster than my watch, but i use my watch :D | | | | |
So that is an average of 2:39.4, a new record, a non-yasso yasso record. It just goes to show you don't have to feel good going into a workout to get it done. It is a good lesson to learn and relearn. | 