Track workout 12×200m
Week 3 of my current training phase had me running 12×200m with a 200m recovery between efforts. This was a slight step up from the previous 2 weeks where I just had to do 8 repeats at mile goal pace. Anyway, onto the workout. The warm up went fine, nice and relaxed with a few random 50m striders thrown in to prepare my legs for the onslaught ahead.
The first 200m felt easy at 37.7s (right on pace) and by the time I reached number 6 I was still feeling good. To balance the stress on both legs I changed direction for the last 6 repeats, which turned out to be a good thing as the wind was more favorable running clockwise. I was able to churn out several sub-34 200s and finished with a best so far 33.9s at a max heart rate of 176 (still something left in the tank).
I must admit my legs were sore afterwards and I hope I haven’t aggrevated a shin problem I’ve been feeling recently. Anyway, click on the map above for more details of my workout. 3 days of easy running ahead as I “taper” for the CHKD 10k on Saturday…
| Date | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Max HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/31 | 40.1 | 38.1 | 37.2 | 37.3 | 37.8 | 38.2 | 37.9 | 37.4 | 174 | ||||
| 6/10 | 37.8 | 37.9 | 37.2 | 37.2 | 36.7 | 36.0 | 36.3 | 34.8 | 178 | ||||
| 6/13 | 37.7 | 37.1 | 36.1 | 36.4 | 36.9 | 36.0 | 35.4 | 34.9 | 34.6 | 34.4 | 35.4 | 33.9 | 176 |
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