Tuesday was long sets of running pretty fast. I'm still a bit sore and tight. Tonight was shorter sets of running really fast. The total time at effort wasn't that much, and none of the sets were particularly long, but the short rest made it pretty tough. The plan, after warm-up, was four times through the following: 2 minutes hard, 1 minute easy, 1 minute hard, 30 seconds easy, 30 seconds hard, 1 minute easy. Then it's back to two minutes hard, and so on.
Unlike Tuesday, where it almost feels easy for the first stretch, tonight was work right from the gun. I could almost recover after each rep, but the accumulation of fatigue catches up pretty quick. By the third time through, I was dreading the two minutes intervals. The only reason the others were manageable is that mentally I could accept up to sixty seconds of suffering. By the time the pain really kicks in, it's only another 20 seconds or so.
An interesting workout, lots of pace changes. My legs feel a little wooden at this point, so I hope that means they're recovering even stronger. It's surprising how a run with only 14 minutes of hard effort can hurt as much as one with 36 minutes.
Run: 2.5 miles, ez
Run: 44 minutes, w/4x(2 minutes @ 10.2 mph + 1 minute @ 7.5 mph, 1 minute @ 10.2 mph + 30 seconds @ 7.5 mph, 30 seconds @ 10.2 mph + 1 minute @ 7.5 mph)
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