Days on which you feel as being "Braveheart"...

Today has been one of those days that you know in advance that you are not as fit as you would like to cope with the Running workout...

And you have to convince yourself to become a sort of...

..."Braveheart" Runner :-)

Athletism and Running are not only a demanding Physically Sports but also psychologically...

I knew before the training that my lack of training continuity due to work would not provide me the best conditions to face the workout but, you know, sometimes you have to counterbalance your temporary deficiency adding more mental concentration and a higher dose of self-esteem (or mus be STEEM :-) )

What has been the ''Running Menu'' today?

Starter: 2km of warming-up run, at 6"/km pace in average, very soft.
Main dish: Pyramidal intervals... WTF? ok, I mean, 500m + 1000m + 1500m + 2000m + 1500m + 1000m + 500m , resting 90" between intervals, target pace always 3'40"/km on all of them!!!
Dessert: Cool-down jogging + stretching

Translating it into Running Language:

wu+500+1000+1500+2000+1500+1000+500r1'30"+ cd

I run together with a fellow. Every time was one of the two who lead the interval, so , it made easier...

Finally I did a good workout

500m at 3'45"/km

1000m at 3'38"/km

1500m at 3'39"/km

2000m at 3'40"/km

1500m at 3'40"/km

1000m at 3'36"/km

last 500m at 3'23"/km

Some Charts:

Heart beat and Pace Chart:

As a Summary of the running session today:

8 km of High Quality Running Workout
Average Heart Beat Frequency: 145 bpm
Maximum Heart Beat Frequency: 179 bpm (at the end of the last interval)
more than 11.8 Km in total
Total time including stretching: 69 '

Remember, if you want to see more details you can always check my activity:

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/2514216833

Breathe, Run, Dream, Live...

Keep on running!!!

@toofasteddie, proud member and author/promoter of the @runningproject initiative

*FYI and Safety: Please, do not try to repeat this workout exactly as I did if you are not able at least to run faster than 39' on a competitive 10K race. Feel free here to ask me about how to do it and I will try to answer you depending on your current performance and goal expectations.
Running is a healthy activity and gives you lots of satisfactions and energy but first things first and your physical integrity must be your main priority.

mental strength!, great eddie!

Great work, and lucky that you had somebody to do it with, both due to pacing and lack of energy. I found that a workout partner is a bliss during intervals and hard training, and just a distraction during endurance training. Keep up and fight through the barrier and it will get easier in no time, it helps if you have a goal like a competition.

Thanks, I have always an objective in mind :-)

Ti rispondo in italiano, perché so che mi capisci perfettamente, gran bel lavoro, @toofasteddie, con l'aggiunta del tuo stato di forma non perfetto in questo periodo, per cui non resta altro da fare che farti i miei più sinceri complimenti per il valido allenamento di ripetute che hai svolto, grande Eddie!!!

Grazie, è stato un buon allenamento

They will never take our....umm...running!!!

Wow @toofasteddie for someone lacking in training, thats a pretty tough training session. Nice work.
@run.vince.rung

Thank you man... well, when you have designed and planned your training and, suddenly, you cannot accomplish it for whatever the reason, you know somehow that you have lost fit... This workout I should have done it with a target of 3'35"/km and not 3'40"/km but, I released a little bit the pressure...

Nice execution of your plan!

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