Monday on the track dodging puddles ... and wild weight fluctuations

After a huge dinner Sunday night, Monday I felt tight, heavy, and sluggish. My weight fluctuations have been wild. Before a track meet, I eat light, sort of purging and fueling with low residual Hammer Gel, caffeine and sugar. After Saturday's meet, my weight was 135.2. After a huge meal on Sunday night, by 3:30 am (Mon) bedtime I was 144.2! This late morning, after bathroom, I started my workout at 140.4 and now afterward, am 138.6. What this means is that the bowels can hold several lbs of water and food. Wow. 9 lb fluctuation in less than 30 hrs.

After a rain, the sun came out on the track and it was steamy, literally. I decided I need work on my second 200 in the 400m so I did 3 x 400 with negative splits. What it seemed like was first 200 at about 75% effort and the last 200 at about 90-95% effort.

3 x 400m with negative splits:

400m - 63 sec (33, 30)

5 min rest

400m - 64 sec (33, 31)

5 min rest

400m - 66 sec (34, 32)

5 min rest

200m from blocks at 90% effort - 27.5 sec

What amazed me is that I could not bring one single last 200 home in less than 30 sec. That sucks. I need to work on that.

Unfortunately, I slightly strained my right quad again in the last 200m run. I should have quit after the three 400s. I thought about running the 100 and 400 in the Chattanooga Senior Games this Thurs but it looks like I'll just stick with the 400m. Tomorrow I do resistance and I'll get that quad fixed. These high rep exercises with foot cuffs and bands have worked miracles to bring back my hams and quads from strains. I think I have a pretty good regime.