AM: 10.3 miles, averaged 8:11. HR 146.
2'-4'-6'-8'-10' w/ 2' recovery jogs
This workout went very well. First midweek workout outside this year, so I wasn't quite sure how it would go and I am not sure if this ordering is harder or easier than cutting down from 10' to 2'. Decent effort on the bike yesterday, so I wasn't sure how legs would respond but felt really quite strong. Warmed up about 26' w/ a few strides. Need to start doing a proper warmup and this was a bit better than as of late. I expected to start around 6:15-6:20 and then get slower throughout the reps. I slowed a bit, but mostly held steady, which was very encouraging.
2' @ 6:18 (159BPM); 4' @ 6:30 (161 BPM); 6' @ 6:24 (164BPM); 8' @ 6:29 (165BPM); 10' @ 6:27 (166BPM)
I felt like maybe I was holding back slightly but I didn't want to fade through the longer reps. I also didn't want to go too hard and just tried to keep the paces the same. I will have time for really getting after it in the future. This felt comfortably hard. HR never really peaked much more than 173, so these were quite aerobic. My overall average HR for the workout was pretty low. Usually a workout such as this I averaged at least 152-157, so I know my HR is low and also recovering more quickly than it sometimes does.
PM: 60' on the trainer. 210W. HR 126.
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