And I guess they worked because I am D-E-A-D.. dead.
I was hoping for some short distance speed work today and when Bill said 'We're running some shorter speedwork today' I was thrilled! "We're doing Suicide Relays"...We're going to do 3 X 1 mile relays" What? That doesn't sound short!? "In 200 m increments".. Here's how it's done:
You and your partner take turns running 200 m with virtually no rest in between. One of you starts on one side of the track, the other one halfway around the track directly across from you. You have to run 200m, tag his hand, he takes off, then you cut through the middle of the track before he makes it back to where you started. Then you take off again for another 200m while he cuts across the middle. You keep this up for 1 mile. Take a short rest and then do the whole thing again 2 more times for a total of 3 miles.
There were 12 of us today so there were 6 teams. I was paired up with Phillip Ramirez.. And he is FAST.. The first mile of these I took the first 200m... Bill started the 6 of us off and away we went.. I ran as fast as I could, tagged his hand and had to run (not jog) across the middle to get back to the start before he got there! If I didn't really hustle across the middle he was waiting for me! That was the tough part of this.. the no rest in-between!.. Back and forth we did this and it was actually kinda fun.. Since I went first we got a slow start and came in last.. no surprise there!
I don't have a clue what we ran our mile in but 1st place was 4:54. I was sure I was going faster than my 2:00 a lap pace, but I don't know how much faster.
The next mile relay Bill said we're going to stager the start. Last place starts first. 2nd to last next, and so on. That meant Phillip and I were first to go, w/ Pam next. We decided to have Phillip run first to get us a good jump out in first.. And it actually worked for 3 laps around..we kept the lead.. then I died miserably.. so much for 1st place.
The last relay Bill decided to do a total of 800 m so that meant just 2 X 200 for me... I can do that I thought.. Same thing, staggered start and Phillip started us out first. He ran like I've never seen anyone run before.. tagged my hand and off I went.. first 200 was fast but the second 200m, not so much...
It was tough and I know why they call it 'suicide relays' for sure!
The Garmin is still trying to upload the data to my 'inbox' on Motionbased so I'll post the link as soon as it is finished.
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6132315
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Interest concept. Nice job. I think I will try that workout with my Abes group. I think I can try that between Walnut and MacArthur Blvd. Instead it will be suicide 400's (1/4 mile relay).
How is Kevin doing? Looks like he is doing well.
Yep, that would definitely work... as long as you start in the middle of the boulevard, and not the end.. of course I'm sure you already figured that out! :-) It was actually kind of fun! Hard, but fun!
Kevin's group is pretty tough, but he's hanging in there.. the longer distance is new to him but he's doing OK with it.. Heck! We'll make a 1/2 marathoner out of him yet!!
yep, I had that scouted out as the starting point of the middle of the boulevard. I measured the distance so it fits perfect.
Hard and fun...I like that. Ill tell them that and I am sure the response will be GO TO HELL! ;p
BTW, did Kevin drop his jaw when you mention Half Marathon? - LOL
Or "WTF CHUCK"!!! :-)
You doing that tonight?? Let me know how it went..
If you can believe it, Kevin was up for the thought of a Half Marathon!! He said depending on how Abe's goes, he might run w/ the halfwits this winter to train for a Spring marathon.. (Probably Indy)
We shall see !!!
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