Jerry and I decided to take the majority of December to focus on hitting my VO2 times and also speeding up for 200m and 300m workouts. If you remember, at the start of December I had hit a rough patch in training; I was sick with the flu and then a sinus infection, a few…
Oh, the track… After last week’s 400s, I was feeling a little down. I know I need to move FASTER, but how to do that when your body just doesn’t know how? Turns out, as I’ve been reminded every single cycle, it’s just a matter of dusting off the legs and lungs. They know how…
There was a dead bird on the side of the track today. A very pretty bird, really. Black and white patterned. Smaller in size. A couple of feathers were strewn a few inches from his (or her) body. I wondered how he died. I mean, really, that’s a pretty odd place to find your end. …
And another workout where I got to the track, and couldn’t quite remember what the workout was. I thought the book said, 4x [200 with 200 jog, 200 with 400 jog, 800 with 400 jog]. Goal times, written on my hand because I know I have a hard time remembering these times are (after the…