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New Prairie Nostalgia Workout

August 2, 2017 (Afternoon)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: 80s and sunny with some rain at the end

Comments:
Today I did a workout over at New Prairie High School. I had run on this course in high school and hadn't been back since, so I was pretty good trip down Nostalgia road. The workout was a 2 mile warmup, 4x200m at R pace, 3 mile threshold, 4x200m at R pace, and 2 mile cool down.

I did the warmup, threshold, and cool down on parts on the old course. The course has some really good, wooded trails, so it was a lot of fun. Inside the trails are the infamous Snake Pit (very, very steep and curvy downhill) and Agony Hill (pretty brutal hill). Certain parts of the trails were filled with sand, while others were mud and dirt. Outside of the trails, I ran on grass, but no concrete at all which was a first in a while lol.

The workout felt pretty good. Both sets of the 200s felt really easy. I didn't time the 2nd set, since it started to pour and I only had my phone on me, so I just guessed based on effort. The threshold was pretty good, but exhausting. The course had a lot of hills and changed in terrain, so I didn't keep a super consistent pace but my splits were 5:49, 6:06, and 5:58 which was pretty solid. I did the entirety of the workout in my XC spikes which felt a bit small. That kind of was meh but it didn't hinder the workout. I used my Ghost 9s on the warmup and cool down to continue break them in this week. Felt good.

Man this was a long description... rip. But overall successful workout, happy with how it went. Hopefully i can get some more workouts in at dope XC courses.