Rockstar 800s
Last night, one of my friends had a little holiday party, and not only did I mess up my nutrition plan pretty well, but I also spent hours there playing drums on this new Rock Band video game and drinking beer. It was pretty awesome, but my feet were actually pretty worn out afterwards from working the kick pedal. So, I wasn’t quite sure how I’d feel for the run today. I did have plenty of water when I got home, though, and I know that helped.
It turned out to be kind of a strange morning. There was a thick fog, and it was hard to see much during the warm-up. I arrived about 15 minutes early like I had been doing to get a little more warm-up. That really seems to be helping since by the time we get to the workout I’m ready to go instead of still warming up on the first interval or two. At the track, the fog started to go away as we did our drills, but we noticed some strange temperature spots. It was generally warmer outside, but there were a few pockets around the track where it was really, really cold. I don’t know what to make of that.
Anyway, Gilbert told me the time he wanted me to do, and it was faster than he’d ever told me to go on these before. I was a little apprehensive at first, considering my preparation, but I took off and did them anyway. I had a strong group to run with, and we took the first interval a little easy and picked it up from there. I just focused on being smooth and graceful, and I didn’t really worry about the speed. It was there, though. I felt strong through the whole thing, and I picked up the pace on the last lap. Amazingly, I knew I could have gone even faster, but I held back a bit to keep things smooth and totally under control. My times were my fastest set of these ever: 2:59, 2:49, 2:51, 2:49, 2:46, 2:47, 2:46, 2:38. I recall Gilbert even yelling out something about my form being good, so that’s a good sign, too.
I felt fine on the cool-down run back, did a few stretches, and that was it for the day. I’m really happy with this one, and I’m glad my legs are feeling this good.