Today's run workout was supposed to be a short (30 minute) interval session focusing on repetitions at "Tempo" effort (L3). Unfortunately, I accidentally hit the "stop" button on the treadmill just after the last interval, and missed my cool down. No biggie. I just decided to cut it short and stretch for my cool down.
The workout was to consist of a 10 minute warm-up, about 12 minutes of interval work (2 minute work intervals at L3 effort + 2 min. rest intervals), and then 8 minutes of cool down. This is not a terribly stressful workout. It is intended to be just a short run to help me start getting back into running, because I haven't run much since I decided to bag the Denver Marathon. From the graph at the right, you can see three little "bumps" in the hear rate graph that represent the 2 min. "work intervals." During these two minute stretches, I ran at a pace of about 7:30/mile to raise my HR to between about 160 bpm and 170 bpm. As my training progresses, these types of runs will include longer work intervals aimed at training my system to run longer periods at this higher effort.
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