Tue 07 Mar 06, track session 5x1000m

9km today and 23km for the week so far. 5/7 runs this month & 52/66 runs for the year

Had to have the day off, the surgeon I am seeing called yesterday arvo to ask me to come in for some tests at the hospital, no real explanation... I had some further scans, CT & ultra, more blood, urine and a couple of other tests, not much said, which is annoying, but then maybe I should have asked more... See the surgeon at the end of the week.


Arrived at the track this evening thinking I was going to do 800s, but Burkie suggested 6-7x1000m @ 90 sec per lap with 60-70 sec recovery, but I told him I was racing the Sunset Series but still wanted a track session which was more of a priority, so we amended the sess to 5x1000 @ 90 sec with 90 sec recovery, which Dave S was more excited about... Dave has the State Surf Life Saving Champs this weekend so this is his only track session, he wanted to survive. We started with our normal 5 lap w/up and then stretched and then I did 5x70m strides (not sure why Dave doesn't, must ask why...).

I told Dave he was to stay on the inside for the entire session, no swapping this time, he was hoping to make 4 in a row, which he did. :-)

Splits (recovery):
3:39 (1:40)
3:45 (1:43)
3:46 (1:41)
3:48 (1:41)
3:25 (walked 300m then jogged for 4 1/2 laps, walked final 200m)

With the longer breaks this allowed me to keep Dave with me and also allowed me to attack the final rep with a bit of vigour. I finished the session knowing I could have done more and could have done it quicker with shorter breaks, but the company was more important and completing a honest session that there is no way I could have completed 12-18 months ago.

Tomorrow, gym session in the morning and at 6/7pm I am running the final Sunset Series race at the Tan, hoping to run 32 min. Thursday, short reps track session followed by the first of 8 weekly pilate sessions with Narz.