Wind, Rain, 200s - Bring it on...

Spent Monday moping around and whining about a stiff neck and a sore head. A triple garlic and ginger juice sorted that.
Up early Tuesday for an invigorating yoga half hour. Down the track in the evening.
20x200m with 30 secs recovery.

200s are my favourites, you can run them at a fair pace without getting completely exhausted.
My group have been averaging 80 seconds for 400m for all of our sessions, so I aimed for 39s for the 200s. The wind was very strong against us in the home straight (and bizarrely very strong with us in the back straight). So we adjusted the target to 39/40, with the second one into the wind slightly slower.
30 seconds rest is just enough to catch your breath and make sure the rest of the group is still standing.
The first couple are always the toughest to gauge, so we cranked them out at 40 seconds. Once into the swing of it our times started to come down. Averaging 38/39, with a best of 37.
Last one in 36.
Fortunately the rain arrived with about 5 to go - excellent fun.
First time out in spikes, so ran a lot on my toes. Calves pretty sore by the end.
Overall, great session - it's sessions like this, on nights like this that medals are won.