Track Repeats

Today was an interval day, and I’d been worried about how I was going to complete my intervals down here in MA where there’s so much traffic and so many hills.  How could I guarantee I wouldn’t stop at a light during my 800 meter repeat?  Or hit a huge incline and have to alter my workout?

Oh wait… I know… pick me.  I COULD RUN ON THE TRACK.

I guess that’s why they call them TRACK REPEATS.

I get it.

We live about a mile from a track that’s open to residents of our town, so I headed over after camp drop off and did 6 repeats of 800 meters each, aiming for 8:47 pace.  It was great to have a visual mark for how much further I had to go, because once I settled into my pace, I knew I just had to make it two laps around the track and I’d get 90 seconds off.  I also liked being able to leave water on the bench rather than carrying it with me while I ran.

I won’t say it was a breeze to complete each interval, but they felt like the right combination of difficult yet do-able.

Track – I’ll be back.