Week 2 of 15


2km | 3 x 800m (R90 sec) | 2km


This interval stuff is very much foreign to me. My program had me down for 6 x 800m intervals but I thought that might be tempting fate in my first week, so I opted for half that.


The concept of the night was 0:45/mile faster than my 10km time. So with the help of McMillan, I extrapolated that to a goal time of 4:33/km for the 800m based on a 50:00 10km pace.


So I mapped out a 800m loop around Queens Park and hit the first one after my warm up. I kept thinking "45 secs faster than 10km". So I ran it with a little urgency so as not to stuff it up. First rep at 3:39. Doh ! I tried a slower one next and ended up with 3:42, and then the next at 3:59. Double Doh ! Yep I officially have no idea. I was rooted by then and clearly would not have survived the full 6 reps as required by the program. With the aim of this game to run each rep pretty much on the money, I expect that last night was a waste of time.

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