The 400s

I ran my big boy 20x400s tonight. I had Alvaro there to help me out. We did the workout at Wilson track. I had been sweating this thing for several days and in the end, all I can say is, WOW!

The weather was pretty solid... Low 60s, mild humidity, a little wind out of the south that I put on the homestretch as opposed to having it slow the intervals on the backstretch. I managed it well, as I pushed into the wind while closing each 100-150m.

Aside from a few soccer teams practicing on the infield, there weren't many people around. We basically had the track to ourselves. No other runners or traffic to compete with. We only had one incident with a ball, but it really wasn't that big of a deal.

Alvaro wound up doing a combo of 200, 300, and 400s to keep in the game. He was starting the intervals with me, and I'd pull away when he was either finishing his rep or with my press into the wind. Without a doubt, he was a big reason that I ran as well as I did. Our rest was 90 seconds.

This was truly a night to spin my wheels! I was smooth and steady the whole way, and then dropped it just enough at the end.

#- Split

1- 73.7

2- 72.4

3- 72.7

4- 73.0, avg 72.95

5- 72.8

6- 72.6

7- 72.1

8- 71.8, avg 72.325

9- 72.5

10- 71.9

11- 72.2

12- 72.5, avg 72.275

13- 72.7

14- 72.5

15- 72.4

16- 71.8, avg 72.35

17- 71.6

18- 71.7

19- 70.7

20- 69.8, avg 71.0

AVG- 72.17

Per my training log, that goes down as my fastest ever 20x400 workout... by a whopping 100th of a second (previous was going into my bad ass Moscow'15/CIM'15 PR). I'll take what I can get.

Not too shabby for sitting on 100 miles in the last 7 days, 40 years old, 24 official marathons deep... er is it 25 (un)official?