I was having problems

December 25, 2011: Christmas Day

Ran 3.2 over the Rustin XC course. 25:30.

I now have to decide whether I will try my luck at the 400 at the Holiday Classic at the Armory tomorrow.

December 24, 2011: Christmas Eve

As much as Thursday was a confidence booster, Saturday was a confidence killer. I set out to do some 300s: 5 sets of 2 300s (or even 3 sets of 3 300s) with a 1 minute/100m break between repeats and 800m run between sets. Goal pace was :50. I ran the first 300 well enough, but the second one didn't feel right. I stopped at the 200 mark, covering it in a pedestrian :35. I was having problems. I then regrouped and decided that perhaps something shorter would undo my flatness. So, I took to some 150s, 8 in all: 24,23,22,22,22,22,22,22. I then revisited the 300s, 5 additional in all, this time taking them with a bit more confidence. I did them in the spirit of the pick-up reps I've done for 400s (8x400, with 2,5,and 8 in 63 and 1,3,4,6,7 in 70). So, my pace for the slower ones was 51 and my pace for the faster ones was 47. I ran 52,47,51,51,47. Since I felt like I wimped out on the planned workout, I decided to run a couple of 100s afterwards for good measure. They were 15 and 14 seconds, My right big toe was bothering me by this point, having tried to wear my old flourescent green and white spikes for my last couple of 100s. Bad move.