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The Yasso 800 Teaser

Printer friendly version Posted on: Friday October 09 11:28:09 AM
I did a Yasso 800 workout last night...

You may know of Bart Yasso. You may even know of Yasso 800's - no?

Click here to find out. "Yasso 800s"

Last night was my final 'hard' workout until Goodlife Toronto Intl Marathon Oct 18. I shouldn't even be thinking Personal Best at this point, after a very distracted summer of training. With the busy schedule and time spent renovating, I ran about 75% of the mileage I did for Mississauga this Spring.

That said, I am feeling very good about things. I would assume that the renovations acted as some form of cross training, and I did add biking to my routine in lieu of the reduced mileage. Most of my runs were done on tired legs which accounts for something. My time at Midsummer's was respectable and not far off a 3:20 marathon pace even while feeling sick and tired. My HR has been lower on easy and hard runs than it was in the spring, and well, my Yasso's went well last night.

I ran the 800m repeats in an average of 3:05 (3:05, 3:07, 3:03, 3:03, 3:04, 3:10, 3:07, 3:03, 3:05) That's only 9 and if you are a true Yasso follower you know it should be 10, but hey, it was late and I was famished....met with Anita and cooled down back to home together.

So, I know Yassos are not a guarantee, but that is a pretty decent workout, and I did these with less rest between repeats than he calls for....gotta be worth something. Plus, it was faster and felt better than when I did them in the Spring.

So I will go for it. Maybe I will crash and burn, but it's a goal race and i am not out for a pleasure run. Scotia, Niagara Falls and Hamilton can server that purpose. Goodlife will be a pain run, a 'raison d'etre' run - and hopefully another step towards my goal of, dare I say it, a sub 3 hour marathon one day. I am getting old, might as well push forward before it is too late!

So my ABC goals, in fine print are:

A: sub 3:15
B. PR (sub 3:19:10)
C. Finish without breaking into little pieces, hopefully somewhere near the 3:20 zone

and

D. None of the above but HAVE FUN
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 Posted by Dave on: Friday October 09 11:28:09 AM

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Mate, good work on the 800's thats a nice steady pace.

 

I am dissapointed you never made the last one though. Next time, fight the battle and get it done no matter how much it hurts.  For the last 4 weeks, I have battled internally with my track workouts.  They suck and I almost always run them too hard.  It becomes a mental battle to stay out there an finish the workout but thats all part of the training..  anyways, just busting your balls.. :)

 

Have a wicked race next weekend, ill be thinking of ya toughing it out while im down in San Fran running with the ladies!


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Posted on: Friday October 09 12:24 PM
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Haha, ya, I couldn;t pass up a run with the mrs...it just worked out that way. I think my hammie is glad I called it.

Have fun with the ladies in San Fran. I am looking forward to your first road race marathon...sub 3 baby.

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Posted on: Friday October 09 12:38 PM
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Pace time is fairly consistent.. good recover on the final laps..

Good job...


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Posted on: Saturday October 10 04:28 PM
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Follow up - FAIL

 

Not enough mileage. Moving on...


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