Track Workout

Time: 92:17 total time, ~90 actual running
Distance: ~12.5 miles

Last night Owen informed me while we were having a drink at Logan's that he was not going to be working out with me. I was a little less motivated to do this workout but I still wanted to get it in. I woke up and had planned on taking the bus in to campus along with a bag of extra clothes for a meeting I had to go to. The bus didn't come b/c the route was on a reduced schedule so I had to run in to campus with a backpack. The pace was considerably slower but I just wanted to take my time and start the warm up properly. It took 12:18 to get to the locker room where I dropped my stuff.

I proceeded to w/u on my standard loop that goes out Jenkins, over Imhoff and back Timberdell in 23:43. I quickly listened to the workout one more time. I did a few light drills and some strides to loosen up. I was feeling pretty decent at that point. It was a little cold (30's) and a touch windier than the internet indicated.

Target: 4 sets of 4 x 800 - 300 w/ 90 seconds after the 800 and 4 mins. between sets, and then a 400 after the final 300.
Splits: 2:20.68, (90), 45.88, (3:58). 2:18.38, (90), 46.64, (3:59). 2:18.20, (90), 45.43, (4:00). 2:17.39, (90), 46.75, (2:00). 62.24.

I felt pretty good all things considered. Owen came out to cheer me on which was helpful and kept me in check. I stayed relaxed as possible on the 800s and felt pretty fluid on the 300s. I thought I would have run a touch faster on the final 400 but running into the wind the first 150m was a bit rough. The rest was pretty substantial but I was recovering nicely. I would jog a little over 100m after the 800, and would get in 750m between sets.

C/d on the same loop I warmed up on 22:57.