Yesterday I was reading on Active.com that speed work was the best way to get faster. They mentioned short 15 second, 30 second, and 1 minute intervals. It seemed like a worthy idea.
As luck would have it my MP3 player was left on and I did not have the long run distraction of music. This made it the perfect day to try out something new that would make it bearable to run for an hour with out music (the radio at the gym does not count). Anyway sub one minute intervals don't work for me and probably would not work on the treadmill anyway. I divided my time into 5 minute intervals. 5 minute warm up, 5 minute hard, 5 minute walk, 2.5 minute insanely hard (it was not fun) 2.5 hard minute jog repeated 2x. Then to finish up the hour I started at the hard pace and decreased the effort .5 mph every 5 minutes. I have never enjoyed a cool down so much.
After a shower I relaxed with dinner and Monk. The hardest part of Pat being away is figuring out the shower & dinner timing. I have been eating late because I am compelled to shower before cooking and refuse to leave the oven on unattended.
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