In my friend tekko's blog about counting pace, he associated interval running as vomit run. That's how I felt when I completed the 6th and last interval this morning. I felt like puking. But barely stopped short of just that.
This morning's session called for a 6x400m intervals with 200m recovery. "Try to average 1.35" was what coach advocated.
1.35? Average? I was highly skeptical. The fastest I ever did was 1.31, way back in Sept last year. My last 400m best time was 1.41. Anyway, just do it! was what I said to myself as I went out this morning. BTW, MRK gave me the stiffs again last night and this morning. Bad news.
After 1 km of warm up, my very first 400m surprised me - 1.31. Aha! It must be the Saucony Type A2 racer. Light and fast.
Second lap - I struggled. But when I looked at the time - 1.28! My fastest time ever. (This works out to a 3.41 pace or 18.8 km/h). I was a happy camper.
The other laps, I went way above 1.35 - 1.40, 1.37, 1.41, 1.40, for an average of 1.36.
ave HR per lap: 159, 173, 170, 170, 167, 171
max HR per lap: 183, 190, 188, 188, 185, 187
Bad knee or not, I am happy.
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