First REAL Track Workout

The week began with an easy run on Sunday in LA (on which Anthony and I saw probably the hottest girl ever) on a beautiful, sunny, 65 degree morning. I returned home and got right back at it 7:30 Monday morning. I did 12, running to Towers, completing 4.5 loops with a continuous 6 x 1k (400m rest) on the grass, and running back. I didn't wear my watch so I have no idea how fast I ran, but after the first one I felt smooth, strong, and fast.

After much debate, I decided to move my workout from Thursday morning to Wednesday night. I keep telling myself that its to give me more rest before my race on Sunday, but the real reason is that I just don't feel like doing another morning workout this week. This is the first track workout of the season that I've done anything longer than 400m and that I've timed the bulk of the workout.

I traveled to RM after work and did an untimed 2k at cruise pace followed by 1600, 2 x 1200, 2 x 800, 2 x 400 with a 400 jog after each rep (200 jog after the 400s). I'm trying not to label my workouts as being a certain pace, but if I had to I'd say this was pretty close to a V02 type effort. I hit 5.14, 3.51, 3.49, 2.31, 2.29, 72, 66. I'm very satisfied with the result, as I ran a bit faster than expected and stayed strong the entire workout, cutting down the pace on each interval. And this is just the beginning!