Interval Training: 1 K by 6 Sets @ 4:30

Feb. 3, 2019

Warm Up 4.1 K: 24:45.35

Rest: 1:00.37  

Intervals:

1st K: 4:20.45 

Rest: 1:00.22

2nd K: 4:17.49

Rest: 1:00.44

3rd K: 4:17.07

Rest: 1:02.39 

4th K: 4:19.33

Rest: 1:00.15 

5th K: 4:29.77

Rest: 1:00.20

6th K: 3:59.72

Rest: 0:40.62

Warm Down 4.1 K: 24:56.64  

Total 14.2 K: 1:22:10

I did intervals tonight. But first I did some body weight interval training prior to it. I gave myself two entire days to recover from a weighted 10 K jog on Friday night. I had to pump up myself a little. 

I waited until well into the late evening before doing the running training because I didn't want to be distracted by traffic, nor did I want to disturb drivers on the road. By the time I hit the road, the streets were reasonably deserted, perfect for the run.

I ran in split-toe minimalist running shoes MUTEKI. A race is near. Injury should be avoided. It's speed training that I was about to do. Fiction is way more than usual no matter how carefully I run. 

I jogged to the 1 K loop next to the Kashiwai Water Treatment Plant, taking a little less than 25 minutes. I took a-minute's break before doing the intervals. The results are as shown at the beginning of this post. 

I was kind of thinking of doing 15 sets. But as that "kind of" suggests, my determination wasn't that firm tonight. I settled for 6. My legs were still heavy from the weighted run two days before. The only thing I was capable of doing was kicking hard in the last set for the day. I finished under 4 minutes. So let's say it was a good session. As the saying goes, all is well that ends well.