Friday, October 10, 2008

As most stair-runners will admit, it’s the downward part of the workout that seems to hurt a tad more – the evilness of that fact of life is that going down ANY stair cases for the remainder of the week afterwards hurts!! *ugh!!*

So, despite that, I pushed through today’s workout – thank goodness the track is flat …
well … most of the time.

Actually, what made this death even more murderous was that I was in Winnipeg, MB (visiting family and friends for the Thanksgiving holiday) and the closest track was both unpaved, and unlined. Yes, I’m sure you can imagine my joy.
With the backstretch on the 400m completely rutted and muddy my 500s also included some fancy footwork.  Trust me, a couple of times I realized I was putting my ankles in serious risk.

5 x 80m
4 x 500m <3 min walk>
My times were on pace (less than or equal to 82s at the 400m mark) but I was overjoyed to have the workout come to an end. *oouf!*
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                        Hooray – time for far too much food and a few extra helpings!!
                                                Happy Turkey Day Weekend!