AM: 8 miles on the treadmill. HR 149.
20' + 15' Steady w/ 5' Recovery
I think this was the workout I blew on May 31, and just finally getting reset from then with the downturn around the time of my bike race and being slightly sick, travel, and other stuff. I feel like I get about 6-8 weeks of consistency and fall apart.
20' up/20' down.
Paces were very slow but I knew they would be, so I didn't force it. Warmed up starting at 5 MPH and increased only slightly until the last 5', which I did as a progression. I started the first interval at 6.5 and that had my HR in the low-150s, which was quite conservative, but fine. Increased by .2 for every 5' and then a little bit more than that for the last 5'. HR didn't get much more than low to mid 160s. HR 158 AVG, so really moderate rather than steady, but all fine. 5' slow jog, then 15' @ HR 165 AVG, which I think I started around 7.0 and increased .2 from there every 5. 7.4 MPH had me peaking around 169 BPM. Marking all this here so I can remember for the coming weeks as I feel much slower inside than outside, but the effort feels more controllable, if that makes any sense.
I will continue to march foward. This puts me about on schedule for workouts where I was from the end of February, so I am trying not to be too frustrated, but I it is hard. On the trainer tomorow or maybe outside for 3 hours.
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