Felt very good today on the track at Hillsborough High School during the Somerset County championship meet today. It was about 80* as the sun set. I ran 2.5 miles with my new warm-up of 6 pickups, and followed that with a series of quick 100m to 150m strides on the rubberized track. My legs were surprisingly quite springy after the workout yesterday. Tomorrow will tell a tale.
Stats – Stable
On a breezy, May Monday I headed to the cinder track for a bit of work. I began with a mile of jogging and walking, stretching and 5 x increasingly longer pickups. My current warm-up plan consists of completing 6 pickups of 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 and 100 strides . The goal is to become accustomed to a specific warm-up that I can duplicate on race day .
The workout consisted of 2 x 800m in 4:00 each, followed by 2 × 400m in 1:43 and 1:40. I still hesitate to train too fast for fear that I will re-injure my legs and hinder my performance at the Nationals.
Stats –
I-Mad = 0
I-Mid = 1.5
Weight = #147.4
a.m.HR = 54BPM
Sleep = 8 hours
Workout = above