Week 4, Run 2...

[Maddee_6333]

...three sets of 2 fast, 2 jog intervals sandwiched between a jog and a steady run. Unfortunately, the app crashed partway through 😡 Good job I had MapMyFitness on and set to a voice prompt every 2 minutes.

Took myself off to the hill opposite (rather than behind) where I live - it's open access land and quite a lot like running around a school field, only with better views, more bushes, some long grass, and stiles.

Deliberately ran my first interval on a definite uphill on the basis that other 2 would be done on a slight downhill - cue Gasping for Breath even though I was probably only going a tiny bit faster than my jog. The last 30seconds or so of my second interval was done up the same hill as I'd misjudged how long it would take me to get back to the stile (must start getting better at that soon!)

The views more than made up for my annoyance at the app crashing, so all in all a good start to a sunny Sunday. 😀

[Anniemurph Graduate10]

I'm ever so impressed that you deliberately ran an interval uphill! When I do intervals, they are always on a very flat stretch of road I have a separate set of routes for my hill runs! Pity about the app, but you managed nicely without it.

[Maddee_6333 Graduate10 in reply to Anniemurph]

I normally do my intervals over at the river - but I couldn't face the drive over there. And people keep telling me it's a good training thing to run uphill fast 😀 I'll probably do it again, but not in the very near future

[Bluerockdragon Graduate10]

That hill looks very much like the Eiger! Well done.

[Maddee_6333 Graduate10 in reply to Bluerockdragon]

To be honest, that's mostly because of the way MapMyFitness squishes a landscape graph narrow enough to fit a mobile phone screen.

It felt like the Eiger though 😜

[Bluerockdragon Graduate10 in reply to Maddee_6333]

You're supposed to say "yes, it was a bit like the Eiger"!

[Maddee_6333 Graduate10 in reply to Bluerockdragon]

It's steeper than the Eiger 😝😝😝😝