Friday, March 23, 2007

M2 (Cruize Intervals) Strong and Hard

This was the second set of intervals with a week of F2's in between.

Schedule
0 - 10 min warm up (13 -> 18 mph)
0:10 - 0:20 E2 warm up (18 mph, 210 Watts)
0:20 - 0:30 Interval #1 (21 mph, 290 Watts) (21.2, 294, 177HR)
0:30 - 0:33 Recovery (13 - 14 mph, 120 Watts)
0:33 - 0:43 Interval #2 (21 mph, 290 Watts) (21.1, 290, 176HR)
0:43 - 0:46 Recovery (13 - 14 mph, 120 Watts)
0:46 - 0:56 Interval #3 (21 mph, 290 Watts) (21.1, 290, 178HR)
0:56 - 0:59 Recovery (13 - 14 mph, 120 Watts)
0:59 - 1:09 Interval #4 (21 mph, 290 Watts) (21.1, 290, 180HR)
1:09 - 1:12 Recovery (13 - 14 mph, 120 Watts)
1:12 - 1:22 Interval #5 (21 mph, 290 Watts) (21.1, 290, 180HR)
1:22 - 1:30 E2 (18 mph, 210 Watts)

Going into the workout I was feeling good. During the warm up the legs felt a little heavy but my HR remained fairly low and during a 2 min prep at 21 mph during the warm up the legs responded well. The first three intervals felt almost identical, but I could tell I was getting progressively more tire by interval 4 and 5. I finished the last interval strong maintaining nearly the same speed/power as the first interval. In fact in the last minute I was able to kick it up to over 22 mph.

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