Speedwork at B & MH, 4 x 1200m, 6 Miles approx
I went over to Down Grange this morning with Rob & my 'Old Man' to run the assigned speedwork session (as all the B&MH boys were at the Southern T&F finals), 4 x 1200m with 2 minute recoveries. Unfortunately all did not go to plan, as you will soon see -1.5 Mile Warmup, in Nike Air Perseus
2 x 1200m, 2 minute recoveries in Nike Zoom Ventulus
[3:45, 3:49]
4 x 600m, 1 minute recoveries in Nike Zoom Ventulus
[1:53, 1:52, 1:52, 1:53]
2 Mile Cooldown, in Nike Air Perseus
6 Miles Total
2 x 1200m, 2 minute recoveries in Nike Zoom Ventulus
[3:45, 3:49]
4 x 600m, 1 minute recoveries in Nike Zoom Ventulus
[1:53, 1:52, 1:52, 1:53]
2 Mile Cooldown, in Nike Air Perseus
6 Miles Total
Rob dropped out after 800m of the session with his bastard cold, thus leaving me to it. My 'Old Man' going round clocking 84 second laps wasn't much assistance to me either, however the main problem with the session wasn't psychological in nature. The wind was mild, but not enough to be considered a serious issue. The problem lay in the heat, 75 degrees centigrade [edit: Farrenheit!] to be precise, possibly more at track level. Six hundred metres into my third rep, I realized that the heat was becoming too much to work against, and to continue on the same manner could be hazardous folly. Hence, I modified the session so that I covered the same distance, at the same target pace, with the same total recovery times, but with the recoveries being more frequent to lower the heat build up. Even having modified the session in this fashion, the levels of distress I felt at the end were quite scary! It wasn't the 'legs turning to jelly' sensation, or the 'lungs on fire' feeling but I was hyper-venitlating in an effort ot lower my core temperature. Bloody horrid I tell you!..
Although this is the first time I've 'dropped out' of one of my new coach's assigned sessions, thus I'm kicking myself to some degree, I feel I made the right choice - quality over mindless quantity. The alternative was to bin the watch for the last two reps as Rob suggested, which in my mind sort of made being on the measured surface (i.e. the track) a pointless endeavor. I may as well have done fartlek on the grass, thus removing any pressure entirely.
My Ventulus spikes felt good (better than the Eldoret's), and my knee was completely non-problematic, so apart from the splits, a good session. I used my EMS machine on my right leg last night (muscle rehabilitative program) to 'tighten up the knee mechanics' (as per Rick's recommendation), and I reckon that may be doing the trick... Show/Hide this post [+/-]
2 Comments:
75 degress centigrade, eh? Truly a hellish run ;-)
Top spot Chris, would you belive that it was creative license, as opposed to scientific ineptitude?..
Signed- The Biology Graduate (astonishingly)
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