Tuesday Track

Tuesdays are going to be my track workout day, but I skipped last week because I had just run the 5K a few days earlier, and I wanted to give myself a little respite. But this week I was back at it.

Some weeks I'll go in the morning, but today it worked out better for me to go at night, so at 6pm I jogged down to the track down the road. It's about 1.25 miles away, so it ends up being a perfect warmup. I actually took one slow lap around the track, too, before I dove into my intervals.

The plan was for 4 x 800 at 3:23. I was nervous. Nervous that I wouldn't be able to hit that pace, and that it would hurt really, really bad.

I took off for the first interval and as expected, the first lap felt ok. The second lap was definitely harder, but I did it - 3:22!

After a 400m recovery, I was off again. Felt tired, but managed to pull off the second 800 in 3:21.

Third interval completed in 3:28. Getting tired. But with only one left, I pulled myself together and managed what I felt was the most consistent pacing of all four intervals, and nailed the target pace perfectly - 3:23. 

Mission accomplished!

I was completely drained as I began my final recovery lap, but when I got halfway around the track, I felt a little better. And although I was completely wiped out, I found myself tempted to go for one more.

It was such a hard effort, and while I was running those intervals, I was hating it, but once I was done, it was such an incredible feeling of satisfaction, knowing I had done what I set out to do.

I resisted the temptation, though, and left well enough alone - picked up my water bottle and jogged back home, feeling good about the effort, and a tiny bit less scared about all the track workouts in my future.

I came home to find the boys playing in the backyard after having finished their dinner. Gabe and Dante were playing kickball, and every time they kicked the ball, they yelled "Tuck down!" 

They crack me up : )

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Tuesdays are going to be my track workout day, but I skipped last week because I had just run the 5K a few days earlier, and I wanted to give myself a little respite. But this week I was back...

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nice work! good job not being greedy too :-) There will be time to feed yourself more intervals!