I've had some good workouts lately. Yesterday I ran a workout doing 400's with equal rest(run 75 rest 75), and did 77,72,74,72,74 until I had to stop because my groin started to tighten up too much. I wanted to do 8, and I could have because I was barely tired when I stopped. I've never done that workout faster than 77's before. This bodes well for the 1000 (and 1500 in the outdoor season). And last week I ran a low 25 200 in a workout holding back and easing up, so that interval could have been in the 24's, which I've never done as a master. My high jumping and shot putting is going very well also. I've been taking good jumps over 6', and threw 38' a couple days ago. I haven't been able to practice the LJ a ton, but I did jump 18 from a half-run-up, so I think something over 20 should be easy if I connect on the board from a full run up. I had a lot of confidence in the hurdles up to about three weeks ago, but now I'm just a little worried, and it's the first event. I just can't hurt myself.
I think what's made such a huge difference this year with my jumping and intervals is all the in-place jumping I've been doing. I'll just jump up and down in place almost as high as I can in sets of 100 to 200 for a total of maybe 500 per workout. I'm much springier than last year and my legs just feel much stronger. I can feel it when I run down the track, and I feel like I can actually jump over the high jump bar instead of just run and "fall" over it.
Well, I'll sign off for now and post next week after the meet. By the way, I've also entered the National Masters indoor in Boston, so that gives me two chances to get the record if I need it.
