Saturday, June 7, 2014

"Jacked Up"

Run 3 x 2.5 miles (rest 5 minutes between intervals)

1.  16.42
2.  15.31
3.  15.02

Notes:  Goal for today's workout was to stay moderate on the first loop, aggressive on the second loop, and all-out on the third loop.  First loop was average heart rate of 158 (high of 173).  Recovered pretty well afterwards and was down to 110 before beginning the second loop.  Second loop was average heart rate of 171 (high of 179).  This was my usual effort level for hard runs.  Struggled to recover afterwards, however, and only came down to 130 before beginning the third loop.  Third loop was average heart rate of 176 (high of 184).  This was the hardest I've run since beginning this training.  I forced myself to keep pushing through some pain and heavy breathing.  Now, according the trail map, this is a 2.5-mile loop.  That would have me at a ~6-minute/mile pace on the final loop.  That's probably not accurate, but I'm not sure how much it's off.  I can say for sure that I was running very fast.