Stole an old session from old time HuRTS favorite good guy, supreme athlete and International jet setter Terence (Dolph Lundgren lookalike) Bell. Decided to do 15 x 400s down at McKay Oval after work this morning by myself working of a 60 second break, T.B used to do 20 and sometimes 25 of these as he reckoned even doing them at a slower pace and more comfortable (still faster then race pace mind) you get the body more accustomed to actual race situations.
Thought I'd try to roll around around in 80 second efforts (3.20 pace) - easier then flat out but still 10 seconds quicker then my intended 3.30 pace that i dream of getting back to.
With a still very wet and slippery track on the oval the first 4 felt OK as my aim was to try to get them all in and around the same time for each rep. Had the normal feeling that i was struggling to hold the pace around 7 & 8 and even had self doubts that i would get the whole 15 done at one point. Once number 10 was done the mindset changed somewhat as i then knew the finishing line wasn't far away as i counted the last few home.
Times for each 81, 81, 79, 80, 80, 80, 80, 79, 80, 79, 80, 80, 81, 81, 78.
Happy with that especially as the legs still felt tired before i started due to the Sunday long run.
A 4k warm up flat lap before helped to get the legs loosened up though.
Cheers
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