My new running coach started me on some new (to me) speed work. Running 400 meter (400m) repeats. A lot of people have run these in the past but somehow I’ve managed to avoid them.
Not anymore.
This past Saturday morning, I had a 400m workout to do.
Usually people do these on a track. Seeing as I do not have access to a track, I needed to do them on my street.
I’ll be honest, I really didn’t have a clue as to how far 400m would be. I didn’t want to cheat myself out of my workout so MFH (My Favorite Husband) and I set to work Friday evening to mark out the 400m.
We had a super long tape measure for starters. MFH had one end of the tape measure and I had the other.
He would walk as far as the tape measure would let him and then spray paint a green line on the road.
Now, that tape measure is L.O.N.G. so silly me thought, “Easy, Peasy! We measure off the tape measure 4 times and we’re good to go!” I was so very, very wrong!
We had to measure that tape measure 13 times to get our 400m!!! *we had to add a little bit extra on the last to equal the 400m. That’s a long way!
All I can say is it is a very good thing we live in the country. I don’t know how many neighborhoods would let you walk along and spray paint 13 green lines on the street!
Saturday morning, I hopped out of bed all set to run those repeats. I had very specific instructions as to what I was supposed to do:
” Warm up – Easy jog for 10-15min Plyometrics 4×100 Striders w/ 100 recovery jog in between Interval set: -5×400 @ 10K pace w/ 2min recovery and 5min recovery after #5 -4×400 @ 10K pace w/ 2min recovery and 5min after #4 -3×400 @ 10K pace w/ 2min recovery and 5min after #3 -2×400 @ 10K pace w/ 2min recovery and 5min after #2 -1×400 finishing it up fast Cool down for 1 mile.”
No worries, right?
Got it all done. It ended up being 8.14 miles of 400m repeats. This kids was toast! What a fun workout! I have to say, though, by the end, this green line sure was a sight for sore eyes.
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