9/29/2011 - Speed Interval Training

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This run was the first run after a cruise that we went on. I was worried about how I would do after all of the food I ate.   I am going to do a 10k race this Sunday, so I figured I should probably get a run in to "shake the weight".  I did a lot better than I thought I would. In fact, about halfway through the workout, I began getting confident.

...too confident...

I decided that I would try to stretch this out into a 4 mile run in 30 minutes. Instead of sticking at a 7 minute running pace, I decided to just "run real fast" on the speed portion of the intervals. This worked for the first couple of interval drills.

Unfortunately, it isn't smart to run a sub-7 minute pace after running 3 miles.  27 minutes into the workout, I wanted to do a hard, fast run.  It looks like I was between a 6:20 pace and a 5:50 pace.  But I couldn't maintain it through the entire 3 minutes.  I ended up walking while completely burned out for the last 45 seconds.

I didn't realize I was going that fast until I look at the data.  Oops.  Not smart after 3 miles.  All of this is seen if you click "View Details".

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