Today is Tuesday, so that must mean that it's interval day! Intervals are definitely the hardest workout of the week. Today (details) my main goal, besides just being able to complete the workout, was to run each interval at the same pace. Thankfully, I accomplished that goal, but it certainly wasn't easy. My goal pace for each interval was 7:28-7:30, and I ended up running 7:28, 7:23, 7:21, 7:30, and 7:22. A couple were a little faster than intended, but not too bad at all. The thing that makes me the happiest is that I was able to run the last one as fast as my first one.
These runs are the hardest because I'm pushing my HR to the max. I estimate my HRMax to be 190, and I hit 189 on this run, so I was definitely pushing it. In fact, on the 4th interval, I felt like my windpipe was constricting because I had to push even harder to keep the pace while running up a big hill. Just keeping the last 2 intervals as fast as the 1st made this workout far more difficult than my first interval session, but at the same time I think it will be more rewarding.
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