ease into the workout

Wednesday, 10/20-4 in 31:30. relaxed

On Tuesday, 10/19, I did 6x800 with a 200 jog in-between each at Henderson in the mist and drizzle. The group was much smaller today. While the workout started slowly, it picked up and I was pleased. I wasn’t finished stretching, so I joined group 1 on its second 800. (Bob decided to run on his own; I think he wanted to do faster 800s with longer recovery.) I led this one in 2:53. Ed did the next one, a 2:47. I followed with a 2:47 as well. Ed then said he’d bring it down a couple of seconds, so we ran 2:44. My fifth one, Ed’s last, was in 2:35. I asked Ed to join me on at the second lap of my last one. He obliged, and I ran 2:30.
Run 1: 2:53: 41/44/44/44 (85/88)
Run 2: 2:47: 41/42/42/42 (83/84)
Run 3: 2:47: 39/42/43/43 (81/86)
Run 4: 2:44: 40/41/41/42 (81/83)
Run 5: 2:35: 37/39/39/40 (76/79)
Run 6: 2:30: 36/39/39/36 (75/75)

We usually ease into the workout, which works to my benefit, but I’d like to ease into such a workout with 2:50, then work my way down, dropping 1 second per 200. It would look like: 2:50, 2:46, 2:42, 2:38, 2:34, 2:30. Eventually, I’d like to do: 2:45, 2:41, 2:37, 2:33, 2:29, 2:25.