Runner 4 Life

Interval workouts are quite possibly the toughest kind of workout that a runner can do but probably the most beneficial too. Today was my first interval workout in quite some time and it certainly showed. The one thing I've been trying to improve on with my running has been my speed and this is the best way to do it. It certainly won't come without a lot of work however.

Today's intervals were 800 meter repeats (half-miles). I ran them on a measured half-mile stretch of road and paved trail combination. I would usually do these kinds of repeats on a track or at Hoover School in CR where I have a half-mile loop marked out entirely on grass including a tough hill as well, but I couldn't get there today so this had to do. There was no doubt that I could feel myself working extremely hard on the intervals but with how hard it felt like I was going, my times sure were a lot slower than I was expecting. I can't complain with them, they're still a lot faster than anything I've done this summer and it was only my first interval session since my cross country training began.

All I will say is as much benefit that a workout like this gives you, you have to love doing these kinds of runs, but man, they sure hurt like hell! I know my legs are gonna be moving slow come tomorrow's recovery run.