Week 7 - Thursday Intervals
After day at work and my usual cycle home I got ready for a new interval session. I programmed the set into my Garmin and ventured into the night to see what I could do.
The set was:
1 mile warm up
1 mile effort
3 minute rest
6 x 800m effort with 400m jog recovery.
1 mile effort
1 mile cool down.
Well I started off and before I knew it was into my first 1 mile effort. It was tough going but I got to the end intact :) The 800m efforts were to be done at around marathon pace so was looking at around 4:20- 4:30 per rep give or take. By the time I got to the final 1 mile effort it really was a bit of an effort but I managed to get through it about 20 seconds slower than the first effort.
My final times were:
1 mile effort - 7:14
800m efforts - 1=3:42, 2=3:49, 3=4:03, 4=4:00, 5=3:46, 6=3:50
1 mile effort - 7:36