#32 – 50 runs in 100 days summer edition
#90 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

Finally I got my pulse watch back and a new pulse belt and today it was time for pulse based interval training.

So finally I wouldn’t go on feeling, instead I would actually during the intervals be a couple of beats under my threshold pulse. And it would also be interesting to see what pace I would have during the intervals.

So first it was 2K warm up where I was running in the beginning in a comfortable pace but increased the pace at the end.

So then it was time for the first interval. I got up to around 160, but then at the end I ran into some heavy upwind where I realized I increased the pace and heart beat raised to 165, a bit above my threshold pulse. Finally I got back to 161.

Rest 2 min where I drank some water.

Second interval I got up to around 160-161 but on a hill I automatically increased the pace and got up to 163 and had to slow down a bit to get back to 160. Tried to be on max 161 in each interval.

Rest 2 min where I drank water.

Third interval. Also upwind and got a heart beat to 163 and had to slow down a bit to get to 160-161.

Rest 2 min, drank water.

Finally the last interval where I also in the beginning was getting up to 160-161 but also increased the heart beat to 163 on a hill.

Then cool down for 1K

What i realized, that even if I didn’t see the pace the brain was focused on pace even if I did pulse based interval training. If the pace decreased during upwind I wanted to run faster but pace is not important here, the heart beat should be around 160-161. Also when I ran up on a hillier bike path and the pace decreased I increased the pace and got above 160-161.

I am a bit flabbergasted by myself over the pace during the intervals. It is not the pace  normally run in, way beyond my comfortable level and can keep it for 2K.

Distance: 6.87 miles (11.06K), time: 1.07.24 h, average pace: 6.05 min/k, max pace: 3.56 min/k,
VO2 max: 29 ml/kg/min, cadence: 186