Distance:
6.7 miles
Time: 45:47
Workout: 5 x
2 laps (~1280 meters) @ Interval pace + 1 lap (~640 active rest)
The
guidebook said there was nothing left of Circus Maximus except the beaten down
track. And that unless you were a jogger
or dog owner or real geeky Classics buff, there was nothing to see. Well, 2 out of 3 ain’t bad.
Tuesdays is
track workout day for SRR. And CoachJoe’s (who was busy breaking 10 hours at Ironman Austria) workout for this week was 5 x 1000 @ Interval pace for me; 8 x 600 @ Interval
pace for Urvi’s group. I mapped out that
Trevi Fountain (and our hotel) was only 2 km from Circus Maximus.
The track
was largely loose gravel or grass; half of it was cutoff and you have to run
over the berm that was once the center of the chariot track. Also I was doing 1280s at Interval which I
NEVER do. Normally, we top out at 1000
meters in my group. But when in Rome…
Despite
missing my paces because of all of above, I kept reminding myself – YOU’RE DOING YOUR TRACK WORKOUT ON CIRCUS
MAXIMUS!!!!
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