Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Dome #4

Dan and I headed back to the Dome for our weekly indoor track workout.  This would be our first week doing four miles worth of speed (we’d previously done 3 miles and 3.5 miles).  I was a bit worried as I was still pretty sore from racing on Sunday.  Two days is not enough time for me to completely recover from racing, Dan recovers in about 2 hours.  Jerk! J

We hit the track for an easy 3 mile warm-up then switched into racing flats and did another mile with strides.  I was feeling a little better as we rolled into the workout.  The plan was to aim for 82’s for each 400, or about 5:28 for the mile.  Neither of us was sure if that would be do-able.  Dan took it out and was consistent as always and I took over for the 2nd half (we’d alternate each 800 during the workout).  We hit right on 5:28 for the first one and it felt reasonable.  Our rest was just shy of two laps (552 meters) or about 3.5 minutes.  That seemed sufficient; I think one lap (like we did last year) was a bit too aggressive.  The next two miles were 5:24 with the only bad note being my taking us out in 84 for the first 400!  The final mile was pretty even, with a quicker last 400 for a 5:21.

We wrapped it up with a 2 mile warm-down and hit the road.  On a side note, we chatted a bit with Franklin Pierce track coach Zach Emerson (11th ranked junior at Mt Washington with his 1:13:57 in 2004).  This is the first year of the program and he had a large group working out on the track.


Dome
4 x 1 mile
with Dan


Interval
Rest
1/29/2013
Laps rest
Dist rest
05:28.7
3:17

1.8
552.6
05:24.2
3:21

1.8
552.6
05:24.0
3:26

1.8
552.6
05:21.3
1:50

0.8
245.6
21:38.2
11:54
Week 4
6.2
1903.4



We did the same workout a year ago, but it was three days after racing the flat Fudge 5k, we took a shorter rest and still had a solid workout.


Dome
4x1 mile w 300 rest
with Dan
Interval
Rest
1/17/2012
05:31.2
1:38

05:28.4
1:40

05:28.7
1:34

05:24.5
2:07

21:52.8
6:59
Week 3


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