Tuning up

Sunday, April 24--EASTER

Returned from a few days in Hershey, then went to service.

With the exception of a little wind, today's weather was near perfect....

I warmed up and stretched for a good while, longer than I've stretched in some time.
Tuning up: I couldn't decide whether I would do 3 sets of 3 200s or 3 sets of 4 200(first set in 30, 2nd in 28, 3rd in 26). A few 200s into the workout, I decided I would do 3 sets of 4...with a 200m walk (3:00) in-between each and a 400 jog + 200 walk between sets (6:00). Set 1: 29,29,29,29. I felt pretty good, so I said I'd drop the next set to 27 instead of the 28s planned. Set 2: 27,27,28. I owe the 28s to the 27-flat 2nd 200 of the set. Despite the 28, I was feeling ok. Going into set 3, I knew I was going to have to run at about 85-90% in order to hit 25 secs. I ran 25 for my 9th 200, which took more than I thought out of me. I could tell because my 10th 200 was in 26.

I cooled down a mile.

Overall, I was pleased that I could hit 25 seconds, having not run that fast a 200 in some time. I would like 25 secs to become more commonplace.