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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Week 12 - Speed 8x90 second Intervals



8x90 Seconds interval Run 90 seconds at 5km pace, followed by 90 seconds of a slow jog. 
Interval pace 4:45 - 4:55 min:sec/km 
Recovery pace 6:09 - 6:15 min:sec/km

You can see from every split my times were even:
11:30.00.344:26
21:30.00.255:57
31:30.00.324:44
41:30.00.246:09
51:30.00.324:40
61:30.00.265:43
71:30.00.324:40
81:30.00.255:59
91:30.00.314:51
101:30.00.256:02
111:30.00.324:43
121:30.00.246:18
131:30.00.324:43
141:30.00.246:12
151:30.00.324:42
161:30.00.255:57



This was actually a challenging workout. As I found myself constantly wanting to go fast and I know I should keep within my prescribed pacing since running at a 5k race pace can be comfortably hard...but what was even more challenging was the recovery jog too. After the first 3 intervals I was able to slow down and speed up more consistently. For it being early April, it does get depressing seeing a foot of snow everywhere, although the road was a lot more clear and dry.