AM: 76F, 75%. 7 mi total. Track day - the high school teams are starting their practices. The football team and the runners were out there, though only a few kids were using the track and we stayed clear of each other pretty easily. The others were using some other field, thankfully.
Today I ended up doing 7 x 400 @ 1-mile pace, 90 sec rest. It was supposed to be 8, but I was pooped after 6. I averaged 75.4 (75.4, 76.9, 72.7, 73.5, 74.9, 74,7, 79.4). Interesting that the first one was right on pace and then I proceeded to have all kinds of weird repeats after that. I think #3 and #4 killed the rest of the set for me. My legs were useless gummy worms for #7 so I stopped. Here's my history for this one this summer:
| 5/27 |
68F |
100% |
75.8 |
| 7/30 |
72F |
76% |
75.1 |
| 8/19 |
76F |
75% |
75.4 |
I think at this point I'm starting to get diminishing returns from the faster speedwork, which is ok; the timing is good because next week I start my HM block. I'll be doing the 3k and 1-mile paced stuff half as often, and HMP/LT stuff twice as often. Mission accomplished on the 5k/10k block, I think. Still looking for a couple short races to run, but I can tell this block has been effective.
PM: 5, count 'em, 5 on the TM. Had a little extra time so I threw in a fast mile after my usual 4, with the middle 1/2 mile @ 10 mph.
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