Tonight was my second week of 400s on the track. It’s technically our group’s third week, but I did my first speed workout on the treadmill when I was in Jamaica. It was *much* easier on the treadmill!

Last week, it was pretty warm out, and we had a lot of company on the track. The walkers were fine, but you really had to look out for little kids on bikes! We had 10×400 repeats on the schedule, with a 300-meter recovery. My goal time is 2:02.

1. 1:48 (oops!)
2. 2:00
3. 2:02
4. 2:04
5. 2:02
6. 2:03
7. 2:02
8. 2:03
9. 2:02
10. 1:55

Well, I missed a few, but not by much. I’m pretty sure I had to change lanes to avoid a collision on that 2:04 loop!

Tonight we had 12×400 / 200-meter recovery … but it was SO much easier. It was kind of rainy today, and cool — only in the 50s. We had the track to ourselves!

It wasn’t really raining at all, either … during our intervals.

1. 1:53 (I am NOT good at finding my pace …)
2. 1:57
3. 2:00
4. 2:00
5. 1:57
6. 2:00
7. 1:58
8. 1:59
9. 2:00
10. 1:59
11. 1:59
12. 1:55

I was feeling the fatigue in my legs, but I was able to keep up the pace. The cooler temperature definitely helped, but at times we were running into the wind so it was tough!

After a short cool-down walk, we started to run back downtown, and the rain started coming down. That would have felt great if it had been a hot night, but it was pretty cold! By the time I got to my car 11 minutes later, I was soaked.

And then it promptly stopped raining.

There were only four of us out tonight — two other runners and our coach. They’re all fast, so what might have been a jog  for them was pretty fast for me.  Our 1.27-mile warm up was at a 9:06 average, and the cool-down was at a 9:37 average.

It was a great night!

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