Marathon Week 1, Day 4 – New and Improved

I joined the runners at the middle school this evening to put in proper work on my speed set. The correct target time for 400m was 1:30. My splits:

1. 1:25
2. 1:21
3. 1:25
4. 1:24
5. 1:25
6. 1:24
7. 1:24
8. 1:23

That was much more of a workout!

I think I am going to have to do all of the speed work at the track. Two problems with doing sprints at the academy:

• Corners – The “track” there is primarily a run around the block, and the corners cannot be taken at full speed.
• Elevation changes – Not being a perfect 400m, the start and end points are always at different elevations from each other. The track is, of course, devoid of all elevation changes, so I cannot blame variations in performance on that.