#11 – 50 runs in 100 days – No excuses edition

Today it was time for interval training.

Since the snow is gone and there is no ice I felt it would be safe to do those outside and not on the treadmill.

My day started good but then I got a bit irritated so it was good that it was raining.

Temperature: 4oC (39F)

Threshold pulse: 160

So I started with 2K warm up, tried to stay around 132 in pulse.

Then it was time for the first interval and got hit by a tough upwind.

2 min rest when I jogged.

In the beginning of the second interval I also experience tough upwind. This interval felt really long, at the end I was wondering if it ever would be over 🙂

2 min rest when I jogged

Interval 3 went ok.

2 min rest when I jogged

Interval 4 I experienced tough upwind and I survived because I pictured what irritated me in front of my face

Today I did not go over 160 even if the upwind was tough 🙂

1K cool down

Something that I have noticed when I do pulse based interval outside and on a treadmill. I am much faster when I run outside then when I run on a treadmill. 5. 30 min/k is the max pace I can do on a treadmill, after that I go over my threshold pulse

Distance: 11.88K, time: 1.10.42.5 h, average heart rate: 148, average pace: 5.57 min/k, max pace: 4.30 min/k, cadence: 184, VO2 Max: 27 ml/kg/min