Marathon Week 1, Day 4

After taking Wednesday as an Off-Day, I met Amy this morning at the Academy for speed work.

8 X 400m with 90 seconds of recovery between each (Target time was 1:44 each. But see Note #2 below.)

1. 1:40
2. 1:38
3. 1:40
4. 1:39
5. 1:37
6. 1:40
7. 1:37
8. 1:37

Consistent, yes, and ahead of the targeted time. The mid-tempo and long-temp runs are the ones on which I will likely feel growing pains.

Note 1: Amy was just as consistent in hitting her marks this morning.

Note 2: I was still using the chart-reading instructions handed out last Saturday, not the revised instructions posted to the TaskForceRouge Yahoo!Groups site. By the new instructions, I should have run my 400m repeats at 1:30 apiece. Had I done that, it would have been a much more taxing workout. The big question for myself: Should I take a do-over? I just might; otherwise I am falling behind.

Originally posted at Marathon Week 1, Day 4