Tonight Kurt and I decided to start our rounds of timed 3000 meters. My foot has still been hurting me, so I wasn't too sure how the water would be on it. When I dove it, my stomach/abs were SOO sore. I had forgotten how hard we worked our abs yesterday. OH BOY! We did a 500 warm up and then got ready for our timed 3000.
I started off the 3000 feeling strong and holding right around 1:25s (LCM) per 100. Immediately, I calculated that this pace would place me right at 42:30. At the 800 mark, I flipped exactly at 11:20, so I was holding strong. By the 1000 though, my foot was really beginning to cause me pain, so I quickly transitioned into pulling. For the next 1000 though I picked up the pace (due to pulling). I think I averaged closer to 1:23s. So at the 2000 mark I was at 28:00 exactly. 20 seconds faster than pace. First 1000 - 14:10, Second 1000 - 13:50. By the 2000 I felt that I needed to let go of pulling and see if I could survive the final 1000 without pulling. Mentally knowing that I only had 1000 left, I took off. Around 2600 or so, I lapped Kurt for the second time, giving me an extra boost and somehow I found some extra ooomph. I finished the time in 41:58.90, meaning my final 1000 was 13:38. That put my final 1000 at a 1:23 high pace, and to finish the race with a complete average of 1:23.9.
I think this was a good first timed 3000. I may try and do this once a month, with the ultimate goal to be under 41 minutes. That is averaging 1:22/100 which I don't think is too bad. Now that I see that 100 pace, maybe 1:21 or even 1:20 is a better goal? What do you think?
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