So you should be Jason - that's a good hard set of 8' intervals there =D> =D> In any case, that third one wasn't exactly shabbyhewitt wrote:3x8min with 3:30 rest ish.Should be an AT session but pushed the first 2 into TR and paid in the 3rd one but happy with it.
Great stuff also from Paul, Colin and Andy =D> =D>
How closely you stick to the prescribed pace / rate / HR is entirely up to you Andy. I can fully understand Jason's comment, and it would be worth considering why a single 12' session would be so much slower than your 5k paceandy walls wrote:I have however been sticking rigidly to the plan! Wasn't too sure if I should deviate
You're not the only one though Andy. As you progress through teh plan, your fitness is improving, and to maintain that, you need to keep upping the pace rather than sticking religiously to the pace specified at the beginning of the plan. I do always feel that it is worth sense checking the pace set for these intervals, simply by totalling the work period and comparing to an equivalent PB. For example, I did a 4x4' TR session today, and with a total work period of 16' wanted to ensure that I bettered my 5k pace, aiming for sub 1:40 average pace. I started at around 5k pace, and gradually negative split to get an average of 1:39.8. It was hard, but well worth working for
Hope you don't mind me butting in with my tupenny worth