Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Track Tuesday

My knees haven't hurt at all today so I figured it was time to pound them real hard and head to the track. A quickly programmed 4x400 with 2x400 rest repeated four time would do!
Unfortunately I didn't program the Garmin the right way (even after bragging over the weekend about how easy it was to do!) and ended up doing 5 fast laps before I realized I had doubled up the fast laps.
  • 1:39, 1:48, 1:43, 1:49, 1:52 with rests of 2:21, 2:12
  • 1:41, 1:34, 1:41, 1:45 with rests of 2:03, 2:07
  • 1:42, 1:48, 1:44, 1:47 with rests of 2:20, 2:01
  • 1:43, 1:47, 1:40, 1:44 with rests of 2:46, 2:18
Not bad at all, with an average of 1:44 (4:10m/km). With the warmup and cool down I came about 100m short of 18km in about 90 minutes. Awesome.

I'm always taken aback by the runner's high I get from letting the engines go full tilt. The Endorphin was flowing freely tonight. I can't believe that a painful workout can also be so enjoyable.
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6 comments:

  1. MarleneApril 13, 2010 at 10:16 PM

    Nothing beats the high from speed work! Looks like a greta session on the track - nice splits!

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  2. AnonymousApril 14, 2010 at 2:31 PM

    Is this a paved track? Is it in good condition? Where?

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  3. JApril 14, 2010 at 2:56 PM

    Track workouts are the best! I totally love the pain and it feels so good once you are done running!

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  4. EndorphinBuzzApril 15, 2010 at 5:14 AM

    The track is at Holy Trinity High School in Kanata (on Katimavik near Castlefrank/Centrum). It's very small crushed stone but otherwise in very good conditions.

    I have a picture from a previous post: http://endorphinbuzz.blogspot.com/2009/12/sunday-at-track.html

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  5. AnonymousApril 15, 2010 at 7:43 AM

    Thanks for the location. Was hoping it was smooth and paved. Would have been great for inline speedskating.

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  6. Mel-2nd ChancesApril 15, 2010 at 7:53 AM

    Wow!! Speedy run, obviously the doubled up fast ones didn't throw you off!! nicely done!

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