Notes
Planned:
800, 400, 800 x 4
1st @ 5:40 w/ 2 min rest
2nd @ 5:30 w/ 90 sec rest
3rd @ 5:20 w/ 60 sec rest
4th @ 5:10 w/ 30 sec rest
Actual:
1st: 2:48 (5:38), 83 (5:34), 2:46 (5:34)
2nd: 2:44 (5:30), 81 (5:26), 2:42 (5:26)
3rd: 2:39 (5:20), 78 (5:14), 2:39 (5:20)
4th: 2:38 (5:18), 80 (5:22), 2:50 (5:41)
Matt said this one would get crazy, and it did. 30 sec rest was a killer. I felt pretty good up until the final 800 in the third set. After that, I knew there was going to be a problem. I think I could have gotten this one, if I had done this on another day. I went down to the Oshkosh track at 10 this morning. It was almost 80 degrees, and the wind was blowing from the southwest. That means I ran 180m of the second 200 into a headwind of 10-15 mph. I think I had to work too hard just to hit my paces for those first three. By the time the last set rolled around, I was toast. I tried not to run too hard in the first 200 with the wind because I didn't want to kill myself, then kill myself back into the wind. I'm still confident, but it was good to fail one of these workouts. It's a good reminder that the race won't come easy.
I loved the smell of the track today. I want to go back.