scaled back speedwork
I arrived 15 minutes early at Scona track yesterday morning and found that Aaron was even earlier and was already warming up. I asked him how his knee was. He answered in a “we’ll see” kinda way.
We chatted about “the plan” which had been to do 2 or 3 mile “intervals” and I told Aaron I wasn’t gonna stick to the plan because of the fatigue I’ve been feeling and because I felt it was too early in the training.
He agreed saying it was too early for both of us and asked what I had in mind so I told him I was going to have some fun with speedwork and do a pyramid workout. Specifically,
200 meter
400 meter
800 meter
1600 meter/1 mile
800 meter
400 meter
200 meter
He seemed pretty happy about the idea but suggested if I dropped th 200′s, he’d feel really comfortable about the workout. I agreed with his reasoning being we’d probably “get stupid” and run the 200′s very fast thereby risking injury.
So – COOL – I was going to have company for my workout!
Then Tom arrived and we broke the news to him. He didn’t look terribly pleased about our decision and we encouraged him to go with what felt right for his training. In the end, he joined us and I think he was happy once we were done.
The workout was perfect. Not too little and not too much. For the most part, we ran each 400 meter lap in 1:45 (a few were faster). So, not particularly fast but a good, disciplined workout nonetheless.
Best of all, recovery on Saturday was quick and I feel mentally and physically much fresher than I did two days ago.
It pays to listen to your body.
As Aaron said, we have a few weeks to play with before we have to ramp things up for October. That’s when “the eye of the Tiger” will return!
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Monday June 28, 2004 @
Besides sticking a song in my head (*shakes fist at you*), I wanted to say that your workout sounded fun (did I say that?). I copied it down for a later effort. Second, I really liked your lesson: It pays to listen to your body. That’s definitely up my alley.
Have fun!