Step by step, mile by mile

Awesome consistent workouts this week Eugene! I have also been trying to stay consistent, but also been mixing things up with some strength work and crossfit type workouts. I feel as though I still get a lot of aerobic benefit from the high intensity metabolic conditioning!

Hope you have a nice relaxing recovery weekend.

Recovery days are my favorite part of training.

And usually after two very easy recovery days I am able to come back the next day stronger than ever.

By the way, what were your goals for the 4 x 1200m?

I am sorry that you were disappointed in your results for today, but sometimes we just have days where things just aren't going to go smoothly no matter how good of condition you are in.

i was mainly disappointed because i was actually going to do 2 sets of 4x1200 with the second set faster(two weeks later doing the same thing for 2x4x1600, then 2x4x2000 two weeks after that), but i changed from trainers into flats between sets and while i was in a good groove after #4 i took too long in between sets, so fatigue set in and i got a 400 into #5 in about 79 and just felt tired so i stopped there.

it’s probably for the best though, i’m a bit sore afterwards and i know my body would be much worse off if i had done both sets. and i have enough time before my half marathon to do this workout again in two weeks, and do the other two with two weeks spacing them out anyway. my plan for racing is a half marathon march 1rst, a 1500m 3 weeks later and a 5k 3 weeks after that, with the 5k being the focus and the other two just getting me into shape

the times i was hoping for were 4:00 for the first set and trying to get faster if i wasn’t too tired on the second set, so now that i’ve had a few hours i’d say i got what i wanted out of it. if i get a good long run in tomorrow this will still be an amazing week of training.