Today I met up with Steve K and MichelleL for some early morning speed work. The plan was to run 5-1k's and 6-400's. Michelle had mapped out the course the day before and so she brought some glow sticks so that we could see the 400, 800 and 1k marks. This was very helpful while running so that you could check your splits with out having to look at your watch all of the time. Steve is a very good runner and is a lot faster than me and Michelle so it was nice having him there.
1k's
1 - 3:27, This felt easy but I knew that it was going to get a lot harder...
2 - 3:26, This one felt easy to, but I was dreading the next 3.
3 - 3:28, ok, starting to feel hard, stomach flares up at the 800 mark but still able to finish strong
4 - 3:26, I kind of fell behind on this one at the 800 mark but had to push hard to catch Michelle on this one.
5 - 3:30, Michelle fell behind on this one, or maybe I went out to fast? Steve ran with me until almost the 800 mark and then he dropped back with Michelle and pulled her up even with me. She really had a good kick to finish strong - Amazing we made it :)
8 min rest between sets
400m
1 - 75
2 - 74
3 - 76
4 - 75 (This is Tyler's last due to time constraints)
I enjoyed the 400's this was the first time for both distances and I would have to say that I enjoyed the 400's a lot better. I wish that I could have finsihed the last 2 but I had to get home so that Kellie could go and work out. I hope to do these again some time, Michelle and Steve are great people and I feel very lucky to be able to train with such strong runners. I need to take Kellie with us, she would do great at this too.
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