4 x 1600

I got up this morning and met Julia at the track. She was going to do a “ladder” interval workout: 400, 800, 1200, 1600, 1200, 800, 400. I wanted to do 4 x 1600 with 90 seconds rest. And we both followed our plans.

When Julia showed up, she said that she just stopped to talk to David Thompson (rockstar local triathlete who I MIGHT have a man-crush on) who was running on Summit, so she said that this photo would show her “just-got-to-touch-David-Thompson-glow.” Nice one Julia.

We were off and running. Here’s Julia doing her second interval (her 800):

Sporting the “hot pepper” sports bra!

You might know what usually happens to me when I try to do 4 1600s - many times I call it quits after 3. But with Julia doing a longer interval workout, I knew I had nothing to do but to get in 4. Number 3 sucked because I WANTED to be done, but I KNEW another one would be good for me. Here were my splits:

5:32 (2:43, 2:49)
5:29 (2:44, 2:45)
5:27 (2:44, 2:43)
5:27 (2:42, 2:45)

5:28.75 / 1600 average

My times were good and they were pretty consistent. But the MOST IMPORTANT THING was that I was able to get my puny ass out there for a 4th 1600 - THAT was the key to the workout! And I was able to get that 4th interval done because Julia was out there with me. Thanks for the workout, Julia!

Shortly after I finished, while Julia still had a few intervals left, I snapped this beat-up photo of me:

Oh hi, Vein of Approval! Nice to see you!

Julia wrapped up, we walked through campus, she jogged back to her car, and I jogged home. I quick showered and grabbed my stuff to get to class. On the drive to school, I had a 2 day old “5 for 5 dollars” Arby’s roast beef sandwich that had been sitting in our fridge since Sunday:

OWS tomorrow morning with Julia! Hope it’s as good as today’s workout!