I had a few solid workouts towards the end of July and early August, but haven't really done much since then. Last week's 800s didn't help to put my mind at ease, and the BG10K was basically a bust... I was desperately in need of something to show my fitness.
Tonight was really the only chance I had left to spin my wheels. I went for old faithful: 20x400, with 80-90sec rest.
Weather was in the mid-70s and rather humid. It wasn't helpful but certainly better than what I've dealt with in the past week. I went to Montrose and the track was a shit show as usual... There was a soccer game on the infield and several other people milling about the track. I constantly had to remind people to watch out for speed in lane one, and on a number of occasions had to dodge pedestrians, other runners, and/or soccer balls. Conditions were certainly not easy, and add to it that I ran the workout solo.
With that said, my splits were surprisingly smooth ...like freakishly smooth!
The first rep was very fast (apparently I was excited?), and in the 11th I basically hit a traffic jam. Otherwise, I maintained 72s for the rest of the first four miles. I was able to speed up just a touch in the fifth mile. I had traffic again in the final lap... otherwise that would've closed it with a bigger bang.
All in all, I averaged 72.18. According to my training log, that's the fastest I've ever run 20x400... EVER. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Mr Putin! I'll be blowing by your door step in 10 days.
Split recap:
1- 70.62
2- 72.44
3- 72.38
4- 71.85
5- 72.54 (1-5 avg: 71.97)
6- 72.57
7- 72.16
8- 72.65
9- 72.37
10- 72.49 (6-10 avg: 72.45)
11- 73.38 (traffic)
12- 72.01
13- 72.84
14- 72.92
15- 72.56 (11-15 avg: 72.74)
16- 72.01
17- 71.79
18- 71.43
19- 71.20
20- 71.40 (16-20 avg: 71.57)
O'all avg: 72.18
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