4x1200 at the track

RUN: 6.2mi in 53 mins
BIKE: 19 mi in 1:24

The track session was 4x1200's (200 rest)
#1: 0.83mi  6:37m/m  158bpm  5:31 mins clockwise
#2: 0.76mi  7:01m/m  167bpm  5:2 1mins c-clockwise

#3: 0.86mi  6:25m/m  170bpm  5:29 mins clockswise
#4: 0.77mi  7:12m/m  172bpm  5:301mins c-clockwise

Now I don't normal log the direction I ran on the track, but this time it seemed to make a difference!

My new friends were again at the track, it really does make it more enjoyable to have a few "good jobs" and high-5's in your workout :) Oh and the sprinklers were on again!

The other group was doing 5x800, with the middle intervals at a "fast but relaxed pace" to teach us how to run fast yet relaxed. Then the last intervals was to "make up the time" between the first and middle. Interesting! So I blended that idea into mine: first lap fast, second lap fast but relaxed, and the third just hang on to the form! I can't do math in mid-interval, so that's the best I could do :)

Interestingly, my times were similar to last week, in that I was doing low to mid 7's, even though I was running a 1200 and not a 600. This means that either a) I have only one track pace; b) I didn't run hard enough last week; or c) ...I forget c now. I had it earlier....

Anyway, this was a great workout. I could start to feel my form suffer in the last lap of each 1200, and especially in the last 1200. I envisioned an IM finish line at my stopping point...it worked, I finished strong.

The ride was just tooling around on Puppy. We hit some of the CX trails in FoPa before going back to the paths. Although unlike last week, this time I spent more time on the gravel path. Puppy is happier there.