All Downhill From Here

Last night I ran 8 x 400m speed repeats with the CRR 10k group. I did all eight at as close to the same cadence/stride as I could, and aimed for around 2 minutes. I’ve done enough 400m workouts to have a good idea of how I should feel at my goal pace, so it was a delight for me to successfully pull off consistent splits.

1. I was disappointed around 200m mark of the first one because I missed the start button, but I did the 2nd 200m of the first repeat in 58 seconds.
   1:40 rest.
2. 1:58 Use those hips, baby. No bouncing means no pounding.
   1:45 rest.
3. 1:57 Wow, three in a row under two minutes? Nice of the fast guys to scrape the piled-up leaves off the path marker.
   1:45 rest.
4. 1:58 Awesome! I should stop while I’m ahead, eh?
   1:40 rest.
5. 2:05 This was on a dirt detour around the washed out path, so there were a few extra meters. I’m breathing like an asthmatic werewolf now, but there are only three left.
   1:45 rest.
6. 2:04 Back on the same detour. Saved a second – yay!
   1:45 rest.
7. 1:58 AGAIN. I’m a machine. A machine that shoops merrily through leaves during its
   1:50 rest.
8. 1:55 The rest of the group (who are already done) cheer me in!

It really helped to have Leana running 10 – 20 seconds ahead of me during the sprints.

Cool down seemed incredibly slow after all that huffing and puffing. I’m usually pretty tired after that much work, but I felt awesome last night. Maybe these Tuesday night workouts are helping me improve, eh?

Dawn and her hubby were out running on the paths last night too, and gave me a big hug after cool-down.