Week 14 - Key Run Workout #1

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Tuesday night is always the most challenging running day of the week for me, and tonight was no exception. I don’t quite know what the problem is, but I feel great leading up to the workout, feel confident as the workout begins, but soon feel wiped out and heavy legged as the workout progresses. It’s really frustrating and is making me think how prepared (or not) I am for the marathon in 2 and a half weeks.

Anyway, tonight’s workout was a 10-20 minute warm up (no problems here!), followed by 8 x 800m with a 90 second recovery between repeats. I wanted to run them in around 2:50 per 800m, and as usual I started off very well.

2:47, 2:48, 2:47, 2:47

It was after the 4th 800m that I realised I still had a lot of work to do before the workout was over. The 5th one was a real struggle at 2:50, but somehow I found a little something in reserve to record a 2:48 6th repeat. The 90 second recovery went so fast and before I knew it I had to pick up the pace for another 800m of hell.

Here it all went quite wrong. I slowed dramatically to a 2:54 and really had to give everything just to achieve that time. I “treated myself” to a 120 second recovery, but could still only manage a 2:56 final 800m.

A few hours have passed since the workout and looking back I still can’t figure out what was wrong. My hydration was good, I’d eaten well (but not too well) all day long and I was mentally looking forward to the challenge. I’d even given myself an extra recovery day after my 20 mile run on Sunday. My legs just weren’t up to the challenge tonight and I’m hoping it’s a temporary thing. Funny thing is, my legs feel great again right now.

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