Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Finally, a half decent interval session

Down to Kensington for Tuesday night reps, on a cool, clear and still evening. SW wanted 6 x 800 - I had 7 x 800 in the planner, but wasn't going to argue.

Got through a 3.2km warm up in 14:53 and felt okay.

Had been thinking through the week about how I wanted to structure the session. I'd averaged around 2:47 for the 7 x 800 session back in mid July, so that seemed a good number to start the session off with. Got through the reps like so:
2 46
2 48
2 45
2 45
2 38
2 40

Worked on getting technique and form correct and consistent through the first four sets, and then worked on ramping up the speed. Very happy with the last two reps, although it would have been nice to have had the last one quicker again, but can't complain, and I did guts it out, which SW was pleased with (nowhere to hide when he's right at the finish line with that wretched watch). Ave rep time was 2:43.7.

Got through a 3k cool down in 13:43 to finish off.

3 Comments:

At 10:14 AM, Blogger Stu Mac said...

Vat, if you don't mind me asking, what sort of recovery do you use between 800 reps, ie. walk or jog, time or distance, combination of?

 
At 9:57 PM, Blogger vat_man said...

SW goes with an active recovery - typically 50s for 400, 1:45 for 800s. With the squad sessions, it's the old rule - the slower you are, the loss of a break you get!

 
At 9:57 PM, Blogger vat_man said...

Active = jog

 

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