Tuesday Night Track Workout
I went to York Middle School (not Knox) in Oak Ridge North to do a little less intensive track workout with Bill Dwyer and Kim Hager's Ten For Texas training group - as well as some of The Woodlands Winter Team in Training marathoners (who are also early in their training).
With things starting at 6:45 p.m., the program this evening called for 1,200 meters three (3) times with a 4-minute recovery in between. After putting in a three lap warmup (7:52), here were the times in the three (3) 1,200s:
1st 1,200 -- 2:17, 2:25, 2:22 -- 7:04 (7:03.91)
2nd 1,200 -- 2:12, 2:20, 2:20 -- 6:52 (6:52.28)
3rd 1,200 -- 2:20, 2:24, 2:16 -- 7:00 (7:00.38)
I'm not trying to marginalize my performance at all; however, the recovery helped me drop the times from any part of the miles that I did last week. If you were doing an even comparison, it would have to be the first three laps at the beginning and this week was 7:04 vs. 7:09 from last week.
This week, I didn't have a lap over 2:25 (the one above was technically 2:24.94). Last week, I had 8 out of 12 over it and didn't do the last two miles of the workout. I know that the track/speed/pacing work will get tougher as we get closer; however, I actually like the numbers that I posted tonight. I think when you can sit down and see a little improvement - and not just from racing - it is kind of motivating to say, "Hey, this may really indeed work." (I think I saw some guy named Joe Carey say something to the same effect recently with his results showing in the two half marathons that he did in San Diego and Boulder.)
I added another lap at the end and called it just over 3.
Tomorrow calls for 4-to-6 with 2-to-3 for Thursday. (Something tells me that I'll probably go over in Vancouver on Thursday - especially if it is cooler!)
With things starting at 6:45 p.m., the program this evening called for 1,200 meters three (3) times with a 4-minute recovery in between. After putting in a three lap warmup (7:52), here were the times in the three (3) 1,200s:
1st 1,200 -- 2:17, 2:25, 2:22 -- 7:04 (7:03.91)
2nd 1,200 -- 2:12, 2:20, 2:20 -- 6:52 (6:52.28)
3rd 1,200 -- 2:20, 2:24, 2:16 -- 7:00 (7:00.38)
I'm not trying to marginalize my performance at all; however, the recovery helped me drop the times from any part of the miles that I did last week. If you were doing an even comparison, it would have to be the first three laps at the beginning and this week was 7:04 vs. 7:09 from last week.
This week, I didn't have a lap over 2:25 (the one above was technically 2:24.94). Last week, I had 8 out of 12 over it and didn't do the last two miles of the workout. I know that the track/speed/pacing work will get tougher as we get closer; however, I actually like the numbers that I posted tonight. I think when you can sit down and see a little improvement - and not just from racing - it is kind of motivating to say, "Hey, this may really indeed work." (I think I saw some guy named Joe Carey say something to the same effect recently with his results showing in the two half marathons that he did in San Diego and Boulder.)
I added another lap at the end and called it just over 3.
Tomorrow calls for 4-to-6 with 2-to-3 for Thursday. (Something tells me that I'll probably go over in Vancouver on Thursday - especially if it is cooler!)
posted by WalkSports.com | 10:59 PM
3 Comments:
Excellent workout, Jon. Keep patient and keep working hard.
Kim and I both did a couple double takes last night when you were running. You've got some speed.
That's great, Jon.
Now, eat your food before it gets cold.
doug
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