70F, ENE 15 mph. Back to the track today, this time just for speed. I did 4 x 600m at 3k-5k pace with 200m active recoveries, then 6 x 200m at mile pace or better (200m active recoveries as well).
The 600s were 5:38 AP: 2:05, 2:05, 2:08, 2:06. (recoveries averaged 65 sec)
The 200s averaged 38.5.
I started at a dumb spot on the track and finished every repeat I did into a wall of headwind around the curve...didn't do myself any favors there, I probably should have thought that through a little better! But I hit the paces I was after so all's well that ends well.
When I got to the track, there was a lady there walking in lane 1, texting on her cell phone. That was a first for me. Lane 1 is where she would stay the whole time too.
After the workout, finished with the brutal "cooldown" from the track back up to my house. It is only about 100' net uphill (a bit over 3 miles) but has some nasty steep climbs - the last thing I want to do after a track session. I normally like my cooldowns to be around 0.01 miles and include some lying down. |