Pyramid

I've got Wolfmother's "Pyramid" playing right now in honor of tonight's track workout.

Once again, I didn't make it to the track to meet Kevin for my tuesday morning track work. Part was due to a work issue and part was due to the work issue making me lazy and going back to sleep. What that basically meant was that I had to squeeze in a track workout tonight.

I hate track workouts. They are the bane of my existence. I'm not built for speed and speed hurts. Speed is more uncomfortable for me than pounding out a 30 mile run. But to get faster, I have to take steps outside my comfort zone.

So, I headed over to McCarren Park about 11:20 tonight and mimicked the distances Kevin did this morning but with slower times since he's considerably faster than me.

1 mile warm up

400 - target 1:35, hit 1:25
600 - target 2:22, hit can't remember but it was under
800 - target 3:09, hit ~3:05
1000 - target 3:57, hit 3:55
1000 - target 3:57, hit 3:55
800 - target 3:09, hit 3:08
600 - target 2:22, hit 2:22
400 - target 1:35, hit 1:30

1 mile cool down

I pushed myself, but looking at the times I think I could have probably set slightly harder targets. Also, most distances were only uncomfortable for 300-400 meters and then I sort of settled into a state of...well, i'm not sure. It didn't feel good, but it sure didn't hurt like track work normally does. I have to say, I felt great afterwards and I almost liked the workout, which is a bit scary.

Here's a nice little tool I found that will spit out your splits at the track once you input your race distance and time goal.

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On a completely separate note, we had our team meeting for our Reach the Beach team last night. I got a tentative breakdown of the legs I'm running. The mileage isn't too bad and the legs look fairly easy. We still have to change out one team member, so my legs might change. I'll post my legs and info once they are finalized. I can't wait for that race.