Tuesday Track Workout (9.0mi)

I was feeling particularly good for tonight's workout, with a little bit of time off my legs were feeling particularly fresh. During Jack's rundown of what the format would be for the workout, he mentioned that anyone who had run the New Bedford half marathon over the weekend should really throttle it back and limit themselves to about 80-85% of what their "normal" track workout would be, but anyone who hadn't could go ahead and feel free to really push their pace out if they wanted to. He actually specifically mentioned to Fred and myself that we could feel free to do an extra set, if we wanted, since he knew we had NOT raced over the weekend. Since I was already feeling good, that was about all the motivation I really needed.

The format for the workout was going to be 600m, 800m, 1000m repeats, but once Jack arrived and sort of picked up the vibe that people were still fairly tired and sore from the race, he opted to cut it back to 400m, 600m, and 800m repeats. So you run 400m (2 laps), take a 1 minute slow jog recovery, run 600m (3 laps), recovery, and then the final 800m finishes off the set. You take a full 2 lap recovery and repeat. I did a total of 6 sets of these. Fred and I ran together most of the way, but since I was still feeling particularly strong, I picked up the pace a little bit for the last 2 sets. Another great track workout.