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« on: April 22, 2013, 09:29:35 am »
good advices, T0ddday. i know you were talking to vag, but a couple of things: i did the tempo runs barefoot on the grass field in the middle of the track and will probably continue to do so when possible. i like doing them that way for the foot/ankle benefits, for the help it gives with proper alignment and mechanics, and because it simply feels good. precludes using a curve, though, so unless i do an out-and-back or like a figure 8 or something i'm sticking to the straights for now. i'm also quite out of shape, as i mentioned, so 100m is a good distance to start with. using 12s as my 100m time (having never actually been timed in one, i hope and pray i could at least run that fast), 15-16s is 75-80% intensity.
as my conditioning improves i'll up the volume for a while first and then consider upping intensity. for the time being i'm just trying to hit the first three bullet points.