Beautiful warm day, mid 60ºs, sunny, and quite windy with a steady 15mph wind from the S-SW at the Dean Hayes track at MTSU. First workout here in a while. It went quite well. Feeling good to go!
Hoka trainers on
stretches, drills, bands, 2x100
Adidas trainers on
500m - 78.72 (61.69, 17.03) /90 sec rest/ 100m on the turn 16.30
100m form run - 13.38
This was the fastest 500m I've run in quite some time. I was planning on a split 700m, but I bailed on the last 100m and just ran 100m on the turn into the wind. I rested and did one more relaxed 100m with good form with a tailwind and it felt good. I'm racing in 3 days, this was enough. MTSU's track is much tighter and faster than what I'm used to in Sewanee, but still, this 500m was fast. To run 61.69 and be able to finish in 17 is good. That was faster than my last 100 at Nationals.
Eating more, fueling up. 139.0 lbs, which I think is my best race weight.
Most of my team is already in Poland or in route today. I get home at around 8 tonight, then out the door 12 hrs later. Surreal to think I'll be flying to Amsterdam tomorrow evening.
Nice…a “neutral” energy balance is what is needed now, basically avoid a calorie deficit.
ReplyDeleteHas Mike V (UK) entered ? He has run 57.88 nd 41.98 for recent 400 and 300 indoors. That would make for a great race between the two of you. I have only seen Mike race in one-off events so not sure how he holds up over multiple rounds. Your frequency of hard tempo runs should stand you in good stead there.
ReplyDeleteWorld Champion John W will win uncontested. He ran a 39.62 300m a week ago which is well within a world record split. Everyone else will be competing for silver and bronze.
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