Date:
Thursday, July 14, 2005

Workout:
Speed week - 2x200, 2x400, 2x600, 2x400, 2x200

              2x200   2x400     2x600       2x400     2x200
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Arlene        43 41   90 92    2:27 2:29    94 94     42 41
Dave P        34 34   76 75    2:00 2:00    74 76     34 34
David         34 34   76 73    1:58 2:01    72 77     35 36
Frank         37 37   81 83    2:10 2:05    73 70     30 30
Jeff          33 32   74 73    2:00 2:02    76 75     33 33
John Santos   34 38   94  X    X    X        X  X      X  X
Malinda       45 46 1:41 99    2:42 2:40  1:47 99     49 47
Mike H        40 39   81 79    2:06 2:05    79 78     32 32
Patrick       40 41   89 90    2:22 2:21    89 90     40 38
Zach          33 33   72 71    1:57 1:55    70 72     28 31
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NOTE: A quick explanation on Andyıs counting system.  When reading/recording splits, 
I read the # of seconds (e.g. 60, 61, 62, etc) up to 99 seconds (which is 1:39 <1 minute,
39 seconds>).  Just remember that 60 seconds = 1 minute.  After 99, 
I switch to saying minutes and seconds (e.g. 1:40, 1:41, 1:42, etc).  
This workout in particular causes problems because the 400ıs are often a combination of both.  When writing results the clipboard, though, to save time the colon (:) 
is omitted.  So 1 minute 41 seconds is written as 141 in an effort to get it written down quickly. EXAMPLE: Looking at the above results for the first 400: 
John Santos ran 94 (1:34) and 7 seconds later Malinda came in with a 1:41.
Why does I count in such a strange fashion?  Couldnıt tell you?  
Just how Iıve been doing it.  Picked it up either as a high school runner from 
Coach Wilson at Lowell or while being team manager at UCLA.    
All I know is that there are hundreds of kids out there and hundreds of adults 
who do Thur night track workouts who have been forced to learn this methodology.

See also:
June 2, 2005
February 10, 2005
September 9, 2004
June 17, 2004
August 21, 2003
April 3, 2003

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