20x400

I had a fun workout this morning at George Masons Track. I had originally planned on doing 16 400s but I convinced myself to go for 20 since I am getting ready for a 10k. I finished the workout with an average 68.0 which I am extremely pleased with. I feel like I am starting to get things moving beyond the typical tempos which I have been going well.

The 1st set went fairly well. The plan was to run them in 70 with 100m jog recovery and I ended up running:

69.4,68.8,69.5,68.9

400 jog between sets except for when I put spikes on and socks.

The next set I decided to go for 68 and this is when it started to get tough. At this point I decided running 68s in flats was becoming tough. I made it through this set hitting the following times:

67.0,68.5,68.5,68.7

After switching into spikes I knew I would still have to stick to 68s:

68.1, 68.3, 69.0, 67.7

There was no question that I was going to stick with 68s but I was starting to ponder if I would be able to drop to 66 for the last set:

67.7, 67.8, 67.9, 69.1

At this point I was hurting but not dead so I convinced myself to make a run at 66s. I ended up hitting a 69 on the second after deciding not check splits and I wasnt sure if I should even do 20 or if I would blow up. I decided to finish:

65.5, 69.5, 66.9, 64.9