Hot And Tired From Running Intervals
I just finished a hour long run that included some intervals. Went down to the Boise high school track and did a couple 1600 meter intervals and one 400 meter interval.
1600m 8:17 = 2:07, 2:08, 2:04, 1:58
1600m 7:00 = 1:45, 1:46, 1:45, 1:44
400m 1:33
In case you are wondering why the first interval was so much slower than the second interval (or why the second was faster than the first) - its hot out. My energy level is low and slow. You would think that with the weather as hot as it is (91F as of 3:05PM) it wouldn’t take much to warm up. Don’t let the words “warm up” throw you for a loop. Even though I was sweating like a horror in church, my body wasn’t ready for a significant running effort. The only warm up I did was jog down to the track, ~10 minutes, jog a mile on the track, ~ 10 minutes, then the first interval.
I jogged a lap after the first interval, then stretched and, probably more importantly, I told myself that I was going to run the next 1600 meter interval in 7 minutes or less. And I did.
How’s that for tricking myself into doing something? I simply told myself that I was going to run the next mile (lose 23 pounds) in seven minutes (in 13 months). Hmm, I guess I hold the keys to my own destiny, go figure.
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I just finished a hour long run that included some intervals. Went down to the Boise high school track and did a couple 1600 meter intervals and one 400 meter interval.
1600m 8:17 = 2:07, 2:08, 2:04, 1:58
1600m 7:00 = 1:45, 1:46, 1:45, 1:44
400m 1:33
In case you are wondering why the first interval was so much slower than the second interval (or why the second was faster than the first) - its hot out. My energy level is low and slow. You would think that with the weather as hot as it is (91F as of 3:05PM) it wouldn’t take much to warm up. Don’t let the words “warm up” throw you for a loop. Even though I was sweating like a horror in church, my body wasn’t ready for a significant running effort. The only warm up I did was jog down to the track, ~10 minutes, jog a mile on the track, ~ 10 minutes, then the first interval.
I jogged a lap after the first interval, then stretched and, probably more importantly, I told myself that I was going to run the next 1600 meter interval in 7 minutes or less. And I did.
How’s that for tricking myself into doing something? I simply told myself that I was going to run the next mile (lose 23 pounds) in seven minutes (in 13 months). Hmm, I guess I hold the keys to my own destiny, go figure.
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