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Some Strides On The Track
After completing Week 2 of my abs program, I headed out into the smog of Virginia Beach for a six mile run. The goal was to run easily to the local High School track, perform several “strides” (actually you may know them as windsprints, pickups, striders or stride outs, but they’re the same thing), and [...]
Yasso 800s? Not Today…
After a positive Strendurance workout last night (the second of Phase B), I’d planned to hit the track this morning and run one of my favorite workouts – the Yasso 800s. The idea of the “Yasso’s” is to run 10 x 800 meter repeats at as constant a pace as you can manage. The time [...]
Week 16 – Key Run Workout #1
Going into today’s workout I was a bit concerned the plan called for 6 x 400m repeats. Track work usually takes a lot out of me, and with the marathon only 5 days away I didn’t want to risk anything. What’s more, the 400m repeats had to be completed in 78 seconds, which is a [...]
Week 14 – Key Run Workout #1
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 [...]
Week 9 – Key Run Workout #1
After Sunday’s tough half marathon, I wasn’t sure whether to run key workout #1 after work this afternoon, early tomorrow morning to avoid the heat or tomorrow afternoon once I’ve had an extra rest day. In the end I decided I wanted to get the workout out of the way, so waited a couple of [...]
Week 8 – Key Run Workout #1
Week 8 began with the usual track workout. The only problem tonight was the local high school track is being resurfaced, so I had to settle for a straight stretch of path to run my 400m repeats. The weather was a fraction cooler than previous weeks, but still hot and quite humid. I also wasn’t [...]
