Here we are starting week 6 of the training plan & moving from the strength portion to the speed portion of the training plan. This morning was 5x800 with a 400 meter jog in between each rep. I choose to do this out on the roads instead of my typical track plan as I've done in the past. I'm hoping performing these on roads will prevent injuries & provide more realistic times. I found a half mile loop in a neighborhood 2 miles from home. The loop is pretty flat with maybe 10-15' in elevation change throughout the loop. Today's times werenot as fast as what I have done them in the past with the help of Jim & Rhett pushing me, but was still reasonable and within the plans ranges. 800 splits were 3:05, 3:00, 3:00,3:06, 3:05. There was a bit of wind but not real stiff.
My ciatica started to flare up a little at the end of the 5th 800 put on the cool down back home it felt pretty good. Tomorrow will be an easy day so we'll see how it is.
|