Today the group met at the Bingham track to do a track workout (go figure). If I had known Peggy had planned the "Marquis de Sade" workout, I may have found a reason to skip today. As it was, I just decided to plow through it and hope for the best. I've decided it's best to do the workout and slow down if you have to than to skip part of the workout because you run too hard, which I sometimes have a tendency to do. So I never felt in the "I'm killing myself" zone today; more like the "I'm a little uncomfortable but I can do this" zone. Here are the times: 400: 1:48; 3:00 1:18; 200: :52; 100:27; 400: 1:40; 300:1:15; 200: :48;100: :25.
I thought part B might be some 200's or 400's or something like that. Imagine my delight when I heard we were doing the same workout again, only in reverse. This is when my "just survive this" mode kicked in. The times aren't as good, but at least I did it. Here are the times: 100:27: 200: 54; 300: 1:22; 400: 1:52; 100: 28: 200: 54; 300: 1:21; 400: whoops, just realized I ran out of lap space, so I don't know that last 400, which is sad, because I kind of tried to finish strong, and I'm wondering how I did.
Overall, I was pleased by the workout because I didn't feel as hammered as I usually feel after doing the track. In fact, later in the day I even wondered if I had really run, because I had that feeling that I hadn't done anything today. Not that the workout wasn't hard, it's just that I was able to handle it better than usual. Think getting that thyroid under control has made a big difference. So thank you Peggy for showing me I can survive the Marquis de Sade.
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