Hilly Intervals | Gabby's Challenges

#44 – Transport to St Hans hills
#45 – Hilly intervals
#46 – Transport back to home

Tonite it was time again for hilly intervals and I would go from 5 to 7.

Was prepared that it would be tougher since I had a tougher trail run this weekend on Kullaberg.

Always interesting to study how the transport to and from those hilly intervals goes. Always expect it to go slower on my way home, last time it was the opposite, I had a faster run back.

So warm which meant shorts, linnen, mandatory water belt.

Felt that it was a bit heavier running to those hilly intervals.

Was getting ready for the first interval, started running and when I got to the steeper part I saw that the handballs girls once again had their training on St Hans hills and of course they would do intervals at the steepest part, we just had to get along. I understand why they are there and I start at the bottom :-

On my first interval I passed a girl who was rod exercising, a very good exercise that I have to participate at this Fall. I have seen her somewhere and we talked and it was actually at the ski walking / running with walking poles exercise we had seen each other.

Always tough at the top when I have really heavy breathing and have to catch my breath til I can run back down and get ready for the next interval.

So when I am at around 140 I run back to the start and wait til I get down to 125 in heart beat before the next interval.

It is hate love when it comes to intervals, I know how much it gives but it is brutal, worse with hilly intervals then pulse based and I keep doing this 🙂

Second interval felt heavy as well, poor guy at the top who read a book and then I came and was totally beat at the top.

It felt that I had one interval in the middle where I was a bit faster but after that I was back to the heavy intervals again.

The last interval was for sure the slowest.

The plan this Fall is do more hilly training, every other week on Wednesdays, hilly intervals and then every other week hilly training, hope that this will strengthen my legs a lot so I can manage to run with good pace on my second lap at the race in November.

Then it was time to head home finally