A lot going on here: maybe the last hot day of the summer, election day, workout day, and... new shoes day! So I went to the Bremerton High track during a break at work to get a hard workout in and see what a new pair of supernovas can do. Warm evening, but not as much as recently. Probably 80 at the start. Two miles warmup, then began a Yasso 800 workout. I did this one the last week of July, and only did 8 that time at a 2:46 to 2:55 pace. I wanted more of them this time, at a bit slower pace. Did the first three at 2:56, 2:54, 2:54, right on target. One lap in between each. Kind of a weird scenario here, but I had started late and wanted to check on election results at work. It's a five-minute drive from the track, maybe less. So I jogged out to the car, jumped in and ran into the office for 15 minutes. Wanted to make sure there were no upsets, and everything was in good shape. It was, and I snagged a piece of pepperoni pizza. Nice mid-workout treat. Then back to the track, and I got on with the next nine 800s. 25 minute break, but I stayed loose. 2:58, 3:00 (ok, maybe not that loose, those two took some effort to get back in rhythm), 2:55 (there we go), 2:57, 2:57, 2:58, 2:58, 2:57, 2:57. 2:53. I took less rest on the last ten as well, just about a minute each time instead of 1:45 or so on the first set. Annnnd, I lost track in the dark of where I was (couldn't even read the watch the last two), and ended up doing 13 instead of 12. Bonus! Short cooldown because I wanted to get home, and a hot spot developed on my left foot in the new sneaks. But otherwise they felt great. 1:10:41
A great evening workout, I feel good about backing off those seconds from the June workout because I was able to do more at a really comfortable pace, and did so with less rest. I may do this workout once more the first week of September. Anyone out there have advice on whether I should try to add more 800s, or bring them down a few seconds each if I'm prepping for a sub-3 marathon? supernova glide -- 10
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