Training Log Archive: Tyrannosaurus

This was a Corn Maze O' and it was the first time I've done one. It was difficult to be running really hard because a high level of attention was required, and it wasn't too far, but nevertheless I was breathing harder at the end. There were two sets of 12 controls on two separate maps, so there was a map exchange halfway through.

For the most part, I knew where I was and went the right way based on the map (I never used the thumb compass). I did run down a dead end, and I did have to double back to the same control twice (first time because I had forgotten which control I was just at, second time because I realized that I had mispunched).

Started with a 2 mile warm up. For the workout, we ran two 800m intervals on the track at 3:10 pace with 200m rest in between. Then we did a set of three ~300m intervals with a slight uphill at about 1:20 pace. For the final set, we ran three ~300m intervals on flat ground at 1:15 pace. The cool down was 1 mile.

Long run with the XC team.

Although officially a race, we treated it as a workout. The plan was to do five 2-minute tempos with 1 minute of rest between. However, after the first two, we lost track of time, so we ran at a fast-ish pace, but not quite race pace. The warm up was 2 miles and the cool down was 1 mile.

Road run with XC team.

Two sets of three 600m intervals on the track, with a target pace of 2:20. Between intervals we had 200m rest and between sets we had 800m rest. Warm up was about 2 miles and cool down was 1 mile.