The Arvada Triathlon Club started track workouts for the
summer and since I had to distribute uniform orders, I thought it would be a
great first time to show up.
The group of around 15 runners was distributed into a
marathon training group, half marathon training group, 5K/10K training group
and a non-race oriented training group.
I did the non-race oriented workout, but went on send offs with the
5K/10K folks.
The workout consisted of a 1200m warm-up and cool down with
8x200m run 200m jogs between each repetition.
The total mileage would be 3.5 miles.
I managed the 200’s between 47 and 50 seconds. It was not an impressive workout by any
means, but considering I have not done any speed work in about a year and
further do not have a good base for speed workouts, I was very pleased with
myself.
As an added bonus, my wife decided to join me. It was fun to be at a workout together and
maybe this could become a usual thing.
The last time I did group workouts was with the Arvada
Running Club. That group usually consisted
of 3-5 runners. They all trained
together and scaled the effort by shooting for different splits and/or reducing
the number of repetitions. I prefer that
approach as the big incentive for me is getting used to running faster. I am OK with not finishing the workout and am
not training for a specific race or distance.
The structured approach used by the Arvada Triathlon Club is a little
more formal than I would like, but it seems like a much better option for
people who can attend consistently and have a goal race in mind.
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