Archive for February 10th, 2009

It was a hard, yet satisfying interval session: 5 x 1000 with 2min. recoveries (I jogged the first two, walked the second two).

Before I began the session, I followed Audra’s (aka Doggie Poo’s) swell advice to mark the path with duct tape so I would know where the hell to stop and start.  It worked a charm, thanks Audra!

Cut to the chase, my splits were:
4:19 (6:56/mi)
4:09 (6:40/mi)
4:18 (6:55/mi)
4:13 (6:47/mi)
4:20 (6:58/mi)
Average 4:15 (6:50/mi)

Finally, I am hanging out with the Sixes!! Woohoo!!

On top of this, remember yesterday I mentioned that sub 1:40 Half thread I joined?  In there is a wonderful guy, Mick, who’s deep into Heart Rate monitoring and analyzing the results…the guy knows his stuff.  In looking at my HR data and the fact that I reached 192 at the end of the last interval (supposedly 98% of my Max) he thinks my Max is higher than I’ve been calling it.

I established my max from my first race when it hit 193 and then added a couple points, so 195.  From the HR graph of today’s workout however, he thinks it’s probably 200.  This is wonderful news!  It means that some of the guilt I feel for not holding back enough on easy runs is for naught.   My monitored runs will now be accompanied by a clearer conscience.

As for my current Half plan, I had a fun time last night messing around with the schedule.  As you know, I’m doing a Hudson-type plan (“type” because he’s all about adapting it to suit instead of doing it exactly as written).  I was still hemming and hawing on the next few weeks, because at this point in his plan, he only requires short fartlek stuff for speedwork when I’m capable and wanting to do meatier stuff.

Out of curiosity, I thumb to the 10K plans section of the book, because I have a 10k coming up in 3 weeks.  Lo and behold, it works out perfectly to take the last 3 weeks of the 10K plan and plop them into my current schedule.  Now I feel I have some meat to play with.  What more could a girl want?