Friday, September 29, 2006
Failure by design
Yesterday marked our first interval session of the season at the golf course. We were assigned to do 5 x a mile with the first one at 5:05, the next two at 5:00, and the next two AFAYC (as fast as you can). Because the recovery was a long 3 minutes, I wasn't too worried about the workout but rather eager to get down to business and have a promising workout.
For interval #1, we hit a pleasant 5:06 which felt extremely easy and almost too slow. For #2, we hit 4:57 followed by 4:52 for #3. At this point, I felt like I was still getting warmed up and not straining too much at all. However, given the fact we were instructed to run AFAYC, I knew that the workout was merely getting started.
For #4, my strategy was merely to run medium-hard and just hold on. So, when I crossed the line at 4:43, I was happy about the effort and ready to run the last one even faster.
However, on the final one, my body did not respond as I would have wished. I was not on my toes and my right calf was cramping slightly. Thus, I ran an unimpressive 4:52 to cap off the workout.
Granted, if I had ran this identical workout last year, I would have been pretty stoked about the effort but, yesterday, I was bummed that I went backwards on the last interval.
Oh well, I still have ample room for improvement and a good month to get prepared for Pac-10's and the other post season races.
peace
For interval #1, we hit a pleasant 5:06 which felt extremely easy and almost too slow. For #2, we hit 4:57 followed by 4:52 for #3. At this point, I felt like I was still getting warmed up and not straining too much at all. However, given the fact we were instructed to run AFAYC, I knew that the workout was merely getting started.
For #4, my strategy was merely to run medium-hard and just hold on. So, when I crossed the line at 4:43, I was happy about the effort and ready to run the last one even faster.
However, on the final one, my body did not respond as I would have wished. I was not on my toes and my right calf was cramping slightly. Thus, I ran an unimpressive 4:52 to cap off the workout.
Granted, if I had ran this identical workout last year, I would have been pretty stoked about the effort but, yesterday, I was bummed that I went backwards on the last interval.
Oh well, I still have ample room for improvement and a good month to get prepared for Pac-10's and the other post season races.
peace
