My coach prefers his athletes run interval workouts as part of typical road runs. I felt like doing something different this evening however, so I chose to do a track workout.

I think this was the first track workout that I have done in several years.  The running was hard, but I really enjoyed working out on a track again.  The best local track is at our local High School, but it is next to impossible to find a time to run there.  We are only allowed to run outside of school hours and when there are no school activities happening.  Tonight there was a soccer game at the stadium, so needed an alternative.

Luckily, a local Elementary School has a very old track, that has excellent availability.  The track is a hangover from when the school was a High School decades ago, so it is a very old track.  The track is actually asphalt. The asphalt is still in excellent condition, but does have the occasional weed growing through it.

This evening, I had the track to myself.  This was probably because it was raining and also the coldest day of fall so far.  I soon warmed up as I ran 2 x 800m, 3 x 400m and 4 x 200m intervals.  They were not my fastest intervals, because I could feel the fatigue in my legs from last weekend’s race.

Despite the fatigue, I was pleased with my effort this evening and I enjoyed myself so much, I don’t think I’ll be waiting years until my next track workout.