Edinburgh MarathonTraining Sessions 35-36

2127 GMT - Monday was a rest day...Happy Arizona Statehood Day! Happy Valentine's Day too. Not much else to say...it's good to have a day off!

Tuesday (today) was an interval day. 8x 30 secs uphill at with HR target 90% (167bpm). The first interval was pretty good, I hit my HR target and I felt like I was moving pretty fast and working hard. AFter that, well...I was still working hard, but I didn't hit my HR target and generally each interval was slower than the last. I was pretty wiped out when I finished interval number 8. And I walked partway down the hill each time to get my HR down too! Even though the hill wasn't that steep, I almost felt like I wasn't going to quite finish that last one! Ugh. But I did. Even though I didn't quite meet the targets, I think I met the spirit of the evolution. You can look at the data (link below) and tell me what you think. Hopefully each interval session will be better than the last. Looking ahead they get much tougher. If I didn't mention it before, this is one of the reasons why I never embarked on a training plan like this...intervals. They're hard and I don't really enjoy the workout. I can do the slower long runs all day and enjoy it but not intervals. I'm doing it though because I know it will make me a better runner. That's what I think about during the workout.

Edinburgh Marathon Training Session 36