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First Speed Workout in a long time

September 10, 2012 (Afternoon)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: Sunny, warm, windy at times

Comments:
So today Jorma suggested I try a speed workout today, I guess he was impressed that I managed 5 miles at GNG. On one hand I wasn't convinced that I was ready, hell I'm technically still doing walk-jog progressions, but the allure of a 400 workout was great enough that I figured I'd try it. He said that if it feels like too much (which I was expecting) I could do every other 400 (The group I was running with was C1 group, as in the second best group, and they were doing 12 400s at 82-87 with 300m rests) since the rests were short and the speed was higher than anything I've done since Outdoor.

So anyway I jogged 12 minutes at a good pace on the track and felt good, and waited for my group to get back. When we started I was reluctant to push it, so I hung out in the back and ran an 82 and a slow 88. I was feeling good and didn't even need to skip any 400s as I powered through all 12. I figured I'd do 9 and leave it then but I just kept going, and while I'm damn sore because of it my confidence is through the roof. I was leading the group on a lot of them (granted our C1 group isn't what it was last year. Most of these guys are around 20 minutes, although Sean is 19 minutes in the 5k), and overall I thought it a much better start to the season compared to last year's disappointing debut with a hill workout.

So yeah, when I write a lot you know I'm excited. I'm probably going to take the next few days easy to give my legs a break, and I think I'm slated to run at Freeport on Friday, although I'm supposed to treat it as a tempo run. On the other hand, I was supposed to take this workout easy but once I saw I was feeling good I turned it on, so who knows what'll happen at Freeport.