Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Sunday I was at track practice in NJ with John (on right in pic--super fast sprinter who is about to turn 60 in a couple of weeks) and Bruce (another fast guy who is 64). This pic is us after our workout--which proves we survived! It was the toughest speed workout I have done since joining the club almost two years ago--certainly the toughest one I'd done in over 40 years!  It wasn't a lot of volume--just 4 x 200s, with 4 minute rests. But we went hard! John wanted them in 28 or 29 seconds, no slower than 30. We did 29, 28, 29, and 30. They had their spikes on (I forgot to bring mine). I stayed with John, even if just catching him at the line. But he is fast. He is a 100, 200, 400 guy, and he's solid muscle. Bruce, too. I am the 400, 800 (aspiring) guy. Doing these shorter distances at 90% is a totally different experience. I actually like it--the feeling of shorter sprints. I may workout with them again this Sunday--John said something about doing two 350s at like 57-58 seconds. 

Yesterday I did the bike at the gym. This morning I got up at 5:00 and made it over to the Ott track by 6:00 to do my workout (around 11:00 I am headed to PT with Dr. Josh, then on over to see Geoffrey for my monthly sports massage, so I needed to get the workout in early). I got the workout by using Chat GPT, asking it for a workout for a 61-year-old male who wants to race an 800 meter race in 12 weeks at 2:15 (ambitious, I know, since my PR is 2:23). 

The workout called for: 2 x 400 in 75-78 seconds, 3 minute rests; 3 x 300 in 51-53 seconds; finally, 4 x 200 in 31-33, with 90 second rests. I ran 73 and 74; 55, 54, 54; and 34, 35, 33, 33. It was tough!