800 Meter Repeats
The track was mushy after this morning’s snow and rain. I went to the gym and did my repeats on the treadmill instead. I felt a little sore after Sunday’s run and yesterday’s lifting session. Now that I’ve been more consistent with lifting, my muscles and joints feel better. 
Here is the workout:
1.5 mile warm up
.5 miles (800 m) @ 8.5
.25 recovery (walk and jog)
Repeat 4 times
Cool down .75 miles
Workout:
- Type: Run
- Date: 01/08/2008
- Time: 11:00:00
- Total Time: 00:41:22.00
- Average Heart rate: 148
- Max Heart rate: 174
- Calories: 400
- Distance: 5 miles
- Average Pace: 8:16.55/mile
Although I got a late start, I’ve been a serious runner since 1994. I ran my first marathon in 1995 on my 30th Birthday. It’s been my goal to run the Boston Marathon since then. I missed qualifying by 12 minutes that year. I needed to run 3:40 and ran 3:52. Running in the most prestigious marathon, is the ultimate for most runners. The fact that you have to qualify, only fueled my competitive juices.
Over the next 9 years I ran 6 more marathons. I love running so much that I became a 
4 comments:
Love to see this workout! Next time call me. I will be doing 1600 repeats Thursday if ll goes as planned. Here is the race I will be volunteering for Saturday. http://www.seattlerunningcompany.com/Events/Bridle/bridle.html
check it out, maybe you can run of the distances I would be happy to serve you at finish
That looks like a fun event. I don’t think I’ll be up for it after my long run on Friday.
Nice job with the 800s. Would those be Yasso 800s?
I think your Boston clock is off by two days…I checked mine and it says 102 days and checked the date (April 21st) and that is correct. You have an extra 2 days to train for it. I just figured I would let you know.
Geez, I’ll have to look at it and fix it. I’l take an extra couple of days to train.