Wednesday, July 27, 2011

400m sprints, long ass hike

400m Runs w/ 3-4 min recovery in between (Done at Westborough HS track)

1:04 (PR)
1:09
1:13


Total of a little less than 3 hours of walking. Estimated about 8-9 miles total. 1 hour around my neighborhood, 1.5 hours on powerline trail and a brief treadmill walk to round things out

COMMENTS
  • General: 5 second PR on my 400m from when I last tested it about 1.5-2 years ago. Can't really complain at that progress for never training the distance besides in the occasional CF metcon. My hamstrings felt really tight during it the sprints. The walks were all good, especially on the powerline trail. Me and Dan cruised and covered a lot of ground. I'm sure occasional days like today will improve my ultra-running abilities.
  • Nutrition: Had pita bread at dinner but otherwise clean
  • Body: Legs are pretty sore from all the walking recently. Traps still sore but getting better.
  • Sleep: 7 hours. Up at 6:30am and couldn't go back to sleep.
  • Reflections: Today I met up with Contois and his brother in law to do some pre-race briefing. When it's all said and done my contribution to the crew will be about 24-36 hours of no sleep and running about 31 miles. I'm really excited to help out and run in a place I've never been before. Looks like it's going to be a pretty legit race from the sound of it. He expects me to pick him up at ~10pm the night of the race so needless to say I'll get to test the new headlamp for several hours. Tomorrow I have chest and arms.

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