8km III @ ArenA + 4x200m reps
Was 1 second quicker than what I ran on this course on 17/11/05...See http://runmara2005blog.blogspot.com/2005/11/8km-arena.html#links
Started solid but not too hard, tried to pick up the pace on the 3rd lap, and hold on for the last lap. Could see the thunderstorms brewing out to sea in the west...Warmish and very humid, but otherwise pretty nice conditions. Very happy with the run considering where I am at just now...
Then went to the ArenA track to warm down, saw a few other runners there doing 400m reps, and thought I'd do a few 200m reps to kickstart the conditioning/lactate threshold stuff I want to do this year, plus it will probably help me to improve even further the devastating finishing kick which I possess. I like to think I can finish just a tiny bit like that legendary Ethiopian runner who regularly kicked away from the Kenyans in World Championship 10,000m races on track...
Enough daydreaming, back to the real world;4x200m reps with 2min walk back rests. 31.88/33.96/37.46/35.14 pretty slow really, started to get some heavy rain happening during the last 2 which was very refreshing although it might have slowed me down a bit...Good to do this with only a 10minute jog rest after the 8km I think its worth something...
Pretty happy with a good evening of running. Then I grabbed a garlic bread (good healthy food *LOL* ???! :-) ...well if its good enough for Ryan Bayley to live on HJ's...etc) put the radio onto Solid Rock 98.5FM (sonshine), Tuesday nights, heard a bit of POD Youth of the Nation and Souljahs; dont stop headed for home, as the lightning show started to arc up and the heavy rain started to bucket down... :-) Thanks God for a good session @ the ArenA, which is one of my favourite places of alltime to train by far!
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