3 track sessions into the season and it was time for a time trial. 1 lap of the track. I never get off to a quick start but come the 50 metre mark it felt like it was time to pick-up the pace. Things were going smoothly until just before 200M when I felt the shakes coming. I slowed around the top bend but then tried to accelerate into the home straight. By that time the wheels were starting to fall off. Passed out with 50M metres to go I didn’t have anything in the legs in the last 100M. I finished in 58, much better than expected.
The session itself 4x 200M, 2x 400M, 1x800M, 2x 400M, 4x 200M
Times were 30-32 for the 200M, 66 -67 for the 400M and 141 for the 800M.
A few weeks more weeks training before the first graded of the year. I’ll need to decide if I’m going for the 800M or the 3000M. I’ll start out in grade C this year and try and finish better than expected. Training is going well off very little mileage. 25-30 miles for the pat month. I’ll build that up to 40 and may happily stay there for the summer. My secret weapon right now is lots of cross training and spinning classes. I’m now mostly pain free, once I
