I went for the challenge today - Yasso 800's on the hilliest route around here. I went 6.8 miles total with 6x800. I could have chosen a flatter route, but that's all relative. The point of these intervals is to run the 800 meters at the pace you want for your marathon. So if my goal is to run a marathon in 3 hours and 40 minutes, I should run the 800 meters in 3 minutes and 40 seconds. That translates to a 7:20 pace on my Garmin, and for the most part that's what I ran. Interval #4 was a little slower due to a long hill, but I still managed to keep it 8:30 and lower. #5 was the steepest hill but I did better on that one because the first part of the interval was downhill. And let's just that after #6 I was ready to stop, but after walking for about 15 seconds I went ahead and jogged the last half mile. Slowly.
Boy, this speedwork on the hills better pay off or I'll be cranky. And nobody wants that.
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