Saturday, March 17, 2007

Quarter mile intervals

I just got back from 5K on the track. It's COLD today! I did some 1/4-mile intervals to try to give myself a little speed boost. I tried to do the auto-lap function on the GPS to get my interval times but it didn't work, it was still recording 1-mile autolaps. I did a 1 mile warmup and 4 intervals, go faster every even-numbered quarter, jog the odd-numbered quarters. Let's see, off the watch they were:

1 - 2:40
2 - 2:37
3 - 2:34
4 - 2:33
5 - 2:57
6 - 2:25
7 - 3:02
8 - 2:26
9 - 3:06
10 - 2:29
11 - 3:09
12 - 2:21
13 - 1:29 (1/8)

I think that's a pretty good workout for me, considering anything under a 2:30 lap for me is working pretty hard! At least I don't have to walk for recovery any more, I can actually maintain a jog and still get some muscle recovery. That's progress!

Off to the bath now and then to our local Yacht Club with the girls for a late lunch!

1 comment:

Ellie Hamilton said...

That's a lot of quarters! Great work!