Well! After spending a while a couple of nights ago with Wavepad and looping my HIIT 22 min interval session so that I get three fast sessions back to back and a warm up/cool down, I went out tonight to try my best to use this as a tool to get under the 27 min barrier which has been taunting me for months.
The lowest I have managed till today and this was pre my last knee injury, has been 27.30. Today I did my five minute half mile warm up, then started the Garmin timer on the fast interval sections (3 looped back to back = roughly 36 mins). Oh, it was hard work! The pyramid intervals peak at 200bpm (that means 200 strides a minute!!). Last Friday I only did the basic 22 minute entire podcast, and ended with a couple of miles at my own usual pace - today I was trying to get through the fast section between 2 and 3 times!
I deliberately chose a flattish route, no sense in making things hard for myself by doing the usual hills!
Anyway, I got through it twice = 24 minutes, and then the third loop started, and just as the second fast interval finished 194bpm, I checked the Garmin and realised that I couldn't slow down for the rest part because I was nearly at 5k and it was looking quite good for the PB. On I ran down the slight incline past the pub and kept checking and checking as the tenths of miles ticked off and the seconds passed.
And there it was, the 3.01 miles/5k.
I slowed up a bit and did another half mile to home.
So near, and yet not quite. connect.garmin.com/activity...
I'll get before 2013, I swear lol.
CaroleC
5K and another PB
W8R1 - So near and yet......
