5x2 mi. followed by 6x200m strides

The temperature was a little late dropping into the 20s this morning but it did make it. Not to be deterred, I headed out for my scheduled workout of 5x2 mile with a 2 minute recovery followed by 6x200 meters with 10 second recovery.

I wanted to do this workout on the track but for some reason I just couldn't bring myself to go to a track so I headed over to the world's largest tread mill a.k.a "The Huntersville Business Park Loop". This loop is about 2 miles in length, has plenty of street lights, and has a nice wide pavement area for runners to use.

I was hoping for a speedy workout but things don't always work out the way I want. The first couple of intervals went pretty well, but on the 3^rd interval, I started tying up. The tying up got worse during the 4^th and 5^th intervals and slowed my times by about 10 seconds.

I finished off the workout with 6 x 200 meters strides. They were not pretty but I completed them anyway.

Once the tying up starts and lactic acid sets-in, you just have to work through it as best you can.

In hindsight, I should have probably pushed this workout out another day or two. This would have given my body more time to recovery from my ½ marathon on Saturday. Sometimes, I try to do the same things that I did when I was 25. While the mind is always willing, my body knows better and sooner or later raises an exception back to the brain.

 

Tales from the Cool Down Runner.