Week 10 - Day 3

Well, the arrival of March has come with high school soccer and lacrosse games at my beloved Washington Lee stadium...yesterday Ken, Kenny, Jarid and I did plyos in a school yard, and today I was forced to run indoors for the first time in months. I was looking forward to getting accurate times today, so I was disappointed to go to the Y. The track at the Y is above a full-length basketball court and is 18 laps to a mile in the outside lane. So, I paced out 2 and a quarter laps for my 200s but don't know exactly how far I was running. Further, since each lap is so short, the curves are very tight (and ramped). I was also not able to run in spikes. That said, here's my workout:

Rest: 5 minutes (can take longer if needed)
Format: rep - distance - target time (s) - actual time (s)

1 - 200m - 27.5 - 28.3
2 - 200m - 27.5 -28.0
3 - 200m - 27.5 -27.9
4 - 200m - 27.5 -27.6
5 - 200m - 27.5 -28.0
6 - 200m - 27.5 -27.8
7 - 200m - 27.5 -28.3
8 - 200m - 27.5 -28.6
9 - 200m - 27.5 -27.1
10 - 200m - 27.5 -27.1
11 - 200m - 27.5 -27.7
12 - 200m - 27.5 -28 flat
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It's hard to interpret these times, for the reasons described above. One thing I definitely noticed, though, is that the curves definitely slowed me down. They were also ramped, though, so they made it easier to explode into the (very short) straightaways. I monitored my heart rate this evening, and I was right in the 165-170 range for the entire workout, so I was definitely working hard. I also felt slight soreness from yesterday's plyos throughout my workout today; I will definitely feel depleted tomorrow. Big workout coming up on Sunday.

Andrew