Track Tuesday for Ironman Texas

So the video is goofball, but people like videos!

What to expect?

Well, a bunch of people looking at a video thinking, "I can run faster than that."

Ummm, so can I. But this is after 7 miles (starting 8th) at 5:50 - 6 minute miles, on the track, in the wind, and sweat freezing cold.

The workout was 16 x 800 meters run on 3:00 minutes with a 200 m jog @ 1:30 minute recovery... then BANG! Do it again. The wind presented an issue with even pacing. The first few were slower than expected because I wasn't making up the "lost" time running faster on the downwind leg of the track. I figured it out after #2 and had to change my stride to more of a hill climb during the headwind section. Either way it was cold, windy, and a very successful training run.

The eventual goal (late Feb, early March) is 40 x 800's on 3 minutes. Yes that is 20 miles on the track <------ Insert gun shot noise there! This is more of a boring workout than an all out anaerobic session. The last few intervals the difficulty increases, but I am still not approaching "maxed out;" I left the track feeling like I could keep going at that pace for several more intervals. This is part of my master (part 3) plan to find my body's ideal training pattern. Part 1 was lot of long, long, distance training (good results). Part 2 was short - medium distance but faster more power training (good results but plateaued out to do burnout both physically and mentally (learned recovery is very, very, important.) Part 3 is in effect which is to get my body to a specific distance (and pace), hold it as a base until race taper, and as the race approaches add more race specific training at race pace/power... It works in my mind and on my planner. <--- The past has been start at point 0 and build, whereas now I am going to build, hold it, but add more power/speed onto the base. Huh?

Enjoy the video!