Tuesday, June 7, 2011

faster sprints, less is more


Less sprints this early morning... but faster. At 6:25 am, I gained access to the Dean Hayes Track through 'the secret entrance' and began a lengthy warmup.






1200m warmup, dynamic stretches, drills

100m sprint jog

spikes on

90-95% sprints:

100m - 13 sec

400m - 57 sec (26.5, 30.5)

2 x 200m - 26.5, 27

100m - 13.5

(everything out of blocks)

One thing I noticed running the 400 was the big pump that sprinting gives to my arms. I felt as if I have been doing pullups or curls. You simply don't work the upper body in any comparable way running 5ks or long distance.

Times were pretty good considering I have a weight problem. I weighed 140.6 before the workout - 4 lbs heavier than race weight. Even though I was 139.2 after the workout, that is still about 2 lbs too heavy. The carbs I ate this weekend have made me retain waste and I'm going to go to a mostly liquid protein diet to get back to 'fast weight.'

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