Track pyramid session

In the gym as per normal in the early morning and off to the track in the evening to roll around with David and the girls from my Squad would complete a reduce session prior to their State XC Champs and Jo was excited as she was starting her intro to faster sets in prep for the World Masters in October.

Chatting via email David and I agree we would copy a set we did late last month, 600/800/1000/1200/1000/800/600 with 90 sec recovery, we both hoped we would maintain our pace a little better and also run a touch faster. After some chatting with my squad members myself & David warmed up, Loren & Blair (Burkie's squad) joined us, which was good for both of us as Loren is more my pace and Blair is faster than David but is under strict instructions to slow down.

Even with the wind tonight I was confident I could run the first half faster, but of course I needed more consistent times and also faster and that is what I achieved (last months times):

My reps were:

• 600m - 2.20 (2.22)
• 800m - 3.11 (3.12)
• 1000m - 3.59 (4.02)
• 1200m - 4.50 (4.56)
• 1000m - 4.02 (4.10)
• 800m - 3.13 (3.18)
• 600m - 2.19 (2.23)

Finishing with 3 laps to cool down, both David and I were very happy as we knew the wind was tougher than last time and we both smacked our last month's set (he was ahead of me) and I thanked Loren as she was sitting a step behind me and keeping me honest, as I was of her.