Sometimes your plan fails and you have to make the most of it! Well today something like that happened with my trainingsplan. I was supposed to run 10x 400m (@3:55 - 4:00 / km) packed within a warming up and a cooldown to do a targetted VO2max training. I made the error to create that workout as 10x 40m in garmin.
I noticed this as I completed my first interval. In order to still make something out of the training I had to improvise a little. 10k speed became spints (still too short… but whatever) and minimizing the rest between intervals.
After completing this mini sprint session, I adjusted my intended cooldown to a couple of longer intervals. Here my workout display on the watch was not helpfull, I could not see the distance nor my speed - so forget science and just do some speed work on gut feelings!
While not as productive as intended, I did get some conditioning benefits from this run
The weather today was again very nice, a little mist provided some nice views while running near the farmers land.
Furthermore I found a little park nearby that I was unaware of I had fun exploring some new routes!
So despite, not being the most beneficial training for my marathon goal - the training did provide some benefits and more importantly it was good fun!
For my 3x 5km (@4:15 / km) workout later this week I will double check the workout before hitting the road!
Happy running!