Thursday, June 30, 2011

Intervals: 6/30/2011

The last time I did intervals was on 6/1.  So, I started and ended June with intervals.  I plan to work them into my routine more regularly in the coming months. 

I set out this morning to do 7 sets of 2 minutes fast pace (around 8:00/mile) and 1 minute slow (whatever felt easy).  I didn't do 10 because I was a little crunched for time.  I've been having alarm clock issues since we had a power outage earlier in the week.  I can't seem to get it set right.  That's probably because the only times I touch it are when I'm almost asleep at night or almost awake first thing in the morning.  Anyway, I got up about 15 minutes later than I had hoped this morning, so only had time to do 7 sets. 

I felt much better today than I did on Tuesday.  I'm not sure what was going on Tuesday.  Probably the barbecue pork I had for lunch Monday.  I've eaten much better the last couple of days.  Anyway, I did about 3/4 mile at a slow jog to warm up then proceeded to hit the wrong button on my Garmin and ended up running close to 3 minutes for my first fast rep instead of 2.  I managed to keep my fast portions pretty consistent for the first 6 at around 8:10/mile and then tried to push out the last rep and managed a pace of 8:00/mile.  My rest segments were just slow jogs to allow my heart and lungs to recover. 

Overall, it wasn't as painful as I anticipated.

Today's Stats:  I did 3.6 miles in 33:03 with an average pace of 9:11. 

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