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Friday, August 15th, 2025



Track Workouts  from past two weeks: 

Wednesday, August 6th at Pequot Lakes HS track--10 x 300 meters with 90 second rests. Goal was do do each at 60 seconds. I ran 8 of these under 60 (58-59 seconds) and 2 at 60. 

Drove home from lake that weekend (9th and 10th) . . . 

Back to Penn track on Wednesday, August 13th. At mid-day did a tough workout in the heat and humidity. Was happy I made it through, though my second 800 was a flop--way too slow!

2 sets of 400, 800, 300 with 2.5 minutes between (and gave myself 5 min between the sets): 1:25, 2:56, 52.  And then 1:21, 3:10, 56.  Alison suggested that my second 800 (and maybe the first?) should have been closer to 2:50 . . . so, I have a lot of work to do!  

Today, Friday the 15th, I plan on doing a tempo run of 1Ks, with 2 min rests between, at a fast pace, of 6:40 or better. It is 90 ish and humid again today, so I think I will wait until late afternoon.  Sunday I go back to team track practice at Germantown Academy. 



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