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If I haven't said it before...I HEART IRINA! Irina is my kick ass Russian running coach and she got even more kick ass after yesterday's session. She always puts me up to a challenge and yesterday was no different: 2x's 1K shooting for around 3:50, followed by 8-400m repeats with 200m rest in between each repeat. If you say so!
I nailed the first 1K....3:50, right on the money. Irina was very happy and told me to try to keep my pace, but a little slower would be fine. Umm, no. Second 1K = 3:47! After getting a handshake from very happy Irina I set out for the set of 400's, they went like this: 1:29, 1:27, 1:29, 1:31, 1:31, 1:32, 1:30, 1:26 - negative split again! It was a great workout and I was very pleased with the effort.
But, it gets better!
Jeff has been coming out to drills for the past couple of weeks and he attended yesterday's session. He ran the second 1K with me finishing right behind me in 3:48, ladies first :o) He also cranked out 4 of the 400's with me in great form. He also got another little workout/lesson from Irina....how to massage my legs (specifically calves, which have been crazy tight lately) and back! Yep, that's right! I was telling Irina at the beginning of practice that my calves have been really sore and tight and she told me that I needed to get Jeff to massage them. Ha, we joked. But, no. She was serious and after drills she straight up had me face down on the ground massaging my legs and showing Jeff how it is done. It was great! Of course she mentioned that I could do the same for Jeff...I'll think about it, but, again, ladies first!
I nailed the first 1K....3:50, right on the money. Irina was very happy and told me to try to keep my pace, but a little slower would be fine. Umm, no. Second 1K = 3:47! After getting a handshake from very happy Irina I set out for the set of 400's, they went like this: 1:29, 1:27, 1:29, 1:31, 1:31, 1:32, 1:30, 1:26 - negative split again! It was a great workout and I was very pleased with the effort.
But, it gets better!
Jeff has been coming out to drills for the past couple of weeks and he attended yesterday's session. He ran the second 1K with me finishing right behind me in 3:48, ladies first :o) He also cranked out 4 of the 400's with me in great form. He also got another little workout/lesson from Irina....how to massage my legs (specifically calves, which have been crazy tight lately) and back! Yep, that's right! I was telling Irina at the beginning of practice that my calves have been really sore and tight and she told me that I needed to get Jeff to massage them. Ha, we joked. But, no. She was serious and after drills she straight up had me face down on the ground massaging my legs and showing Jeff how it is done. It was great! Of course she mentioned that I could do the same for Jeff...I'll think about it, but, again, ladies first!