800 Repeats Again!!!

As if yesterday's workout wasn't enough, I did 800 repeats again.  But today, they included Cat Hill.  No more speed workouts for this week!

800m Repeats

Yesterday was quite possibly the worst weather I've experienced this summer.  (I missed a few days of the last heat wave because I was in Oregon.)  I really didn't pay much attention to my splits.  I just wanted to get the workout over with.  But here are the splits anyway.  2:55, 2:45, 2:42, 2:42, 2:42, 2:48.  Got a nice surprise and ran into Erika right before the workout.

Mile Repeats

Today: 6.5 miles

Week: 19 miles

Workout: 4x 1 mile back and forth around the lower loop of Central Park. 3 minutes between repeats. 1 mile warm up and cool down.

5:55, 5:38, 5:48, 5:57. Felt pretty good. Could have gone faster on the last one. Hip pain is getting worse. Beginning to wonder whether I'll have to skip the NYC Marathon again this year.

Mile Repeats

Today: 8.5 miles

Week: 20.5 miles

Workout: 5 mile repeats around lower loop of Central Park.

6:00, rest 2:43, 5:52, rest 4:53, 5:59, rest 3:08, 6:11, rest 5:08, 5:52. One lower loop cool down. I probably should have stopped after the 4th repeat. According to the thermometer, it was about 10 degrees cooler @6:30 this evening than at the same time yesterday. But it still felt uncomfortably hot.

I realize I keep talking/complaining about the weather. I will try to keep that to a minimum in the future.

800 Meter Intervals

Today: 7 miles

Week: 32.5 miles

Workout: Niketown - 85th St. & E. Dr. 4x800m repeats from 85th to 95th, recover back to 85th.

Ran at a comfortable pace in a group, about 7:45 - 8:00/mile. Legs were sore from yesterday's mile repeats.

1000 Meter Repeats

15 Weeks until the NYC Marathon

Today: 10 miles

Week: 10 miles

Workout: 4 miles in Central Park @ 7:12/mile, 1 mile warm up to West Side Hwy bike path, 5x1000 meter repeats with 400 meter recovery jog. Three consecutive minutes of planks.

My times for the 1000 meter repeats were 3:20, 3:23, 2:49 (I think this one was a little short.), 2:38 (I stopped a block short.), and 3:10. We basically ran 13 blocks, 12 blocks, 12 blocks, 12 blocks, and 13 blocks and did 5-block recovery jogs.

I probably could have run a little harder, but I was saving something for the plank exercise that I knew would come after the repeats. HA! Just kidding.