•7:25 PM
Hard effort for 800m (~ .5 mile), recovery jog for 400m (~ .25 mile); repeat until you pretty much feel like puking.
I make too big of a deal out of a simple workout, obviously, but no matter how many of these sessions I complete, each time the fear of the discomfort I know I'm going to endure freaks me out anew. This morning I did eight Yasso 800s. I haven't done Yasso's yet during this build-up, but I did have a smile on my face (despite the butterflies) as I headed to the gym.
So, anyway, after all that drama, I survived. The funny thing is that the efforts that create the most pre-workout angst tend to have the biggest payoff--crazy-awesome endorphins, a sense of accomplishment, and, hopefully, some faster legs.
The photo grabbed from oregonianphoto at Flickr is of Adam Goucher (Kara Goucher's husband) sprinting along the beautiful outdoor track on the Nike campus in Oregon. The track is surrounded by soft trails rambling through the woods and trees everywhere--even inside the oval shape. It's the kind of place that looks like it could easily make you feel like you could run Yasso 800s forever... or maybe not!
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