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April 06, 2005
3x1600m, total 17:02
It's supposed to rain starting tomorrow. So I cut the grass for the first time this year when we got back home in the afternoon. Also I hoped to see the doctor for my headache before he closed. I didn't have much time to run, and had Timothee to watch while I did it. I traded tomorrow's 3 miles for today's 6 which I'll run tomorrow.
What I actually did was 3 reps of 1600 m each, each 9 m less than a mile, at the track in Pontcharra. Rep 1 was 5:45/175 max. heart rate, then I stretched and waited until my heart rate dropped back to about 70, which took almost 7 minutes. My pulse drops down to about 100 very quickly, but then takes more time to go much lower.
Rep 2 was 5:39/180 max., and a 5 minute wait. My heart rate dropped only to 90, but I was looking at my watch and worried I wouldn't make it before the doctor closed. Rep 2 felt easier than rep 1.
Rep 3 was 5:38/188 max. The last 400 m of rep 3 felt harder than the last 400 m of rep 2.
I now notice these were faster than suggested at McMillan running for my current fitness. McMillan says to run them in the almost 5:57 to 6:10 range for long distance runners. It's true that to hold today's pace my form suffers some during the last lap as my breathing becomes labored.
Posted by Mark at April 6, 2005 09:37 PM