Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Event 8 - 400m
Had another encouraging session today, doing 9 laps of Loretto - 6.81km in 33:22 (4:54 min/km). Heart rate sat right on 145, and the foot felt fine. I'm tempted to do the Bay run on Saturday, but that's just fool talk - plus I am looking after Louis for the day while Amelia goes shopping with her best friend, so doing the run with the pram would hardly help things. Might head down for some pancakes afterwards, depdening on what time his majesty gets me up.
Speaking of the gorgeous one - he got his first proper haircut today, and looks like a real little boy, as shown below:
Anyway, I am feeling so inspired by my long run today that I am actually thinking about running again - specifically 400m:
Event
400m
PB
51.50
Background
In the real world, the 1500m would be my second strongest event (and if I trained properly, probably my strongest). But having never done the winter training or interval work necessary, my times for events above 800m are a bit soft. My 400m on the other hand, is pretty good for a non-sprinter.
My PB was a wierd one. I was at a race meeting in Wollongong (1996), and only ran the sprints. I had equalled my PB for 200m earlier that afternoon, into a very strong headwind, and beating what I later found out was a fairly strong field. However, as I lined up for the 400m, a storm started to break, and the wind picked up - so I thought, bugger it, I'll just go throuigh the motions. Those motions ended up with me winning by 50m in a one second PB. I think I could have broken 50 seconds that day under the right conditions, but probably would have choked under the pressure, so I'll take this instead.
In 2002 as I was preparing for the World Masters, I ran 54 seconds for 400m, which was not bad, as I did this 10 minutes after running a 400m hurdles PB. So once again, the ability to run quickly whilst recovering from earlier races is there, which is very important, because I will be seriously buggered by the time this one come around.
Potential
When I ran my PB, I wasn't doing any specialist 400m training, but most of my 800m training was shorter stuff (150-200m). Untrained I can still run about 56 seconds, and with all the work I intend to be doing, I hope to get under 51 seconds.
Goal
50 seconds
Double Decathlon Goal
It really is a matter of what the 800 does to me. I think 54 seconds is achievable, and I have run 53 seconds on grass after a fast 800/1500m double, so if everything comes together, 52-53 seconds (725 points).
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Thinking about this post and one on CR...seems your best times are run when you are not expecting to do so well and I'm guessing that you are putting less pressure on yourself. From what little I know of you, I see that you are strongly goal oriented and have high (perhaps perfectionistic?) standards. This is a two edged sword... have you thought about talking to a sports psych about your pre-race mental preparation?
Lovely photos of the poster boy for "have a baby now". He has your eyes. Now excuse me, I have a sudden urge to tidy the house and knit booties.
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Lovely photos of the poster boy for "have a baby now". He has your eyes. Now excuse me, I have a sudden urge to tidy the house and knit booties.
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