Wednesday, August 24, 2005

That was different...

I'm not sure how to describe this morning's session! Once again I'm not really following a proper plan - I'm just playing around with my Imaginary Friend.

I asked my Imaginary Friend to lead me through an Interval Session. There are so many options, but I chose Run Distance and Rest Distance, for 5 repetitions. I set the session to run for a quarter mile, rest for a quarter mile (402.34m!). Typically American influenced gadget has set distances in miles although it is possible to set custom distances in kilometers. I just had the intention to run as fast as I could - without really knowing how fast that would be.

As it turned out I covered the quarter mile run splits in about 1:20 to 1:30 and felt like I needed less than the quarter mile rest, so I cut that back to about 300m.

I then realised that I'd only run for about 7 :30 (plus the rests) so I ran a loop back to home at about 5:20min/km pace for 1.5 kms.

I'm sure I've said this before, but I must check out some structured training routines. The problem with those is that they seem to be geared around running a particular event on a particular date, whereas my ongoing training will not necessarily be event driven.

I'm sure I can work something out!

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