400's

400's at the park this morning. I am finding these are getting a little bit easier... my breathing is better controlled. Although by the 5th rep I was regretting last nights race with the little garmin man! I am trying to practice lifting my knees and extending my stride.... and maintaining a fairly consistant times for all rep's. Hopefully they will all gradually come down rather than only managing 1 or 2 fast ones and dying! There were a few more people at this morning session, which was great... more people to chase! I started each rep a little slower and tried to "wind it up" and finish strongly on the last 80m. I always seem to struggle at about the 300m mark.... today was a little better. I try to visualise that I am running the last 400m of a 10km race and am running to break the 45min mark...... ahhh to dream :)
Warm up
Drills
Strides x 5
400m x 8
1:37, 1:42 ,1:42, 1:42, 1:42, 1:43, 1:40, 1:38
Cool down
Tomorrow is a nice social run around the bay with the girls. I may even turn up for my first CR 5km challenge on Saturday.