Marathon Week 2, Day 4

Days 3 and 7 this week are "Off" days, and this "3-On / 1-Off" schedule seems to suit me. I feel reasonably recovered after yesterday's Off time.

This morning at the Academy, we had about fifteen people for the 6:00am class, and Eric designed the workout in "Happy Hour" or "Pick Your Poison" style in which each of us chose one of 20 Standard workouts. The poison I chose was the naughty one named Nancy: Five reps for time of {Run 400m / 95-lb overhead squat X 15}.

I had never done this one before, and I had been looking for an opportunity to try it out. So when Eric announce the morning’s format, I made a mental beeline for Nancy.

Result: 17 minutes plus change. (I think it was 17:16, but it was all I could do to write it down; once I had it on the board, I tasked those brain cells to life-support duties.) I think each of the five rounds finished between 3:30 and 3:45 – much less of a late-round drop-off than I feared. Was this related to the speed work we have been doing on the track? Perhaps.

For a video of two guys completing Nancy much faster than I did, see either WMV format or MOV format. But be warned: each of those videos is over 50MB.

Originally posted at Marathon Week 2, Day 4