Post 800 meter times to comments.
(DU Challenge - Day + 21)
Coach's Notes. (standard times of 0545, 0630, and 0800)
Meet at the track at the above start times. After all, everybody runs better when they're with friends.
A straight METCON to start the week. 800 meters should feel like a long sprint and not just a short jog. The purpose of the rest is to allow you to recover metabolically but without cooling down and tightening up. Recommend you keep walking during the rest interval. Remember to organize everything before you start...head, shoulders, arms, core. And then check each of those at every 100 meters. Is my head still neutral? Have my shoulders sunk forward?
Training Videos.
- We can't go run 800s without a little inspiration from Dave Wottle in the 1972 Munich Olympics. If you have never watched it, his performance is one for the ages. The first time his name is mentioned during the race is when they comment on him "being way back" and maybe injured, and then when they mention his big kick at the end. In fact there was no kick in the end, his 200m split times were all within 1 sec of each other. Everyone else speeds up, slows down, jockeys for position. Dave just comes out and runs his race...and in a hat!