Well.....the last sprint workout didn't go at all the way I expected.
120m: 13.9
160m: 19.1
120m: 14.7
I ran this workout on Tuesday. The goal was to really let it rip; I wanted to further prove that I'm ready to start digging way below sub-11 from here on out, so I tried to set myself up to be perfectly fresh and ready to go for this workout. I had some big expectations, and I had even mapped out what my times and splits should look like on the track, based on my big expectations, before I went.
Then reality eventually struck.
The weather was nice and warm, and I DID feel fairly good going into it. But then even on the first run, after about 50/60 meters, I could tell I wasn't doing well. Nothing hurt, and I was pushing HARD seemingly successfully. But I was pushing super hard and not getting a lot of return back on the investment. I FELT the work I had put in between the sets, too; I was roasted already even after one run.
One of the reasons I ran this past Tuesday, specifically, was because it was going to be WARM but NOT have big winds. I wanted to see what it looked like when I ran without the benefit of strong tailwinds pushing me along. Well I sure got what I wished...and I don't like it. Pretty discouraging.
I also ran on a track I use less often, and I suppose I can wonder if that track itself hurt the results in terms of time results and perceived effort. It's a track that's in pretty poor shape, and I was surprised at how much my feet hurt running on it as opposed to what I've typically felt while running at the other track I use. There's a lot of wear and many thin spots on the track surface, down to concrete in some spots, and a few cracks even through the foundation of the track on just the straight away.
But that's probably all just excuses. It sure would help if the truth is that track zapped out some of my timing potential AND energy output while I ran on it. I suppose if I run well next week, then I can give such a theory some validity, but for now...maybe this is just all I've got.
Expectations
Well, one of a couple reasons this is a disappointing workout result is I was looking to prove that I'm either on my way, or already there, to run in the vicinity of a 10.8 BASIC 100m Dash on June 12th. This workout does not support that kind of trajectory at ALL. This workout equates more to an 11.05ish result rather than a 10.8. Last week's workout I would have argued was more of a 10.8ish type result, but that wind probably tainted that result considerably.
It's interesting that really most of this seems identical to the last time I did a 120+160+120 workout. The same scenario played out then: I went in with huge expectations and then when I ran I was nowhere near them. The next workout after that, though, was that hyper wind aided March 15th workout which seemed to go so well. So I guess I want the similarities/trend to continue. I'll probably even wind chase again for my next workout.
Anyway, so maybe come competition time I'm going to have to truly conceptualize settling/coming to terms with running in the 11s over 100 meteres. And I need to learn to see a 10.9x type result as something of a wild success. I have to prepare for that mentally, otherwise I'd probably have a really bad attitude if thats what I run when I think I should be going 10.7/10.8
I've still got another week and a half of training opportunity, so maybe I can still make some big dents...but we're kinda coming up on it now. I'm gonna be what I'm gonna be at this point. Maybe that's 10.95/11.05...maybe it's even 11.25/11.30. I really can't be sure. The primary goal is still to FIND OUT by showing up and running at that meet.
Can't totally kill that 10.8 hope, though...
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