I almost forgot I could run this fast!

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At 44, it's pretty impressive that I'm still capable of hitting 2:36 min/km at the top end.

I've always loved running. I find it freeing. I feel such joy getting outside and moving over the land this way.

Tonight we joined another running mate on this planned speed work session. It appealed to us because we didn't have to think or figure anything out, we just copied him to the best of our abilities.

He's a machine, so doing his warm up and dynamic stretches was easy, but keeping up with him for his 30 second sprints was near impossible.

Nearly.

As I watched him, I figured that once I was properly warmed up I could probably give chase at least once.

I did and I could. I beat him home for just one run through, where we hovered around the 2:40 pace.

The rest of mine were somewhere between 3:05-3:10 for the early ones and 3:30-3:40 for the later ones.

Here's my cool graph from Garmin Connect...

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If you know much about cadence, you'll see we did a LOT of very slow walking between each sprint set!

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Meanwhile, according to my watch this wasn't actually that hard of a run. It FELT like every one of those sprints was in Zone 4, with the exception of the super fast one which I would have said was Zone 5.

So, which is right? My 7+ year old wrist watch trying to take my heart rate using only light or my subjective sense of perception?

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I guess we'll never know. All I can tell you is...

That felt hard. And apparently I can still run fast.

Lucky me.

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Impressive pace! What was the interval length?

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Thanks, @toofasteddie. 30 second intervals. And thank you, as I was writing this post in my fatigued state last night I couldn't remember the word I was looking for: intervals! !LOL

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Dropping to about 2:40 after you were warm and sneaking past him once says the speed is still there. Optical wrist HR lags on 30 second sprints and the slow walk breaks pull zones down, so your feel was likely right. Do you have a chest strap you could use once just to compare? That pace at 44 is spicy.

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Thank you. Makes sense regarding delay. That was my guess too. Body does not believe that could have been a Zone 3 run. Don't have a chest strap. Not important enough to me to buy one just now. Highest priority: get healthy and strong enough to do sessions like this regularly. Thanks for stopping by.

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Your body is right to call that harder than Zone 3. For short sprints, RPE and your splits tell the story, while wrist HR lags and the long walks pull the average down. If you want cleaner zone data, try an easy jog between reps and wear the watch snug, but the real win is staying healthy and repeating the work. Keep stacking sessions when you feel fresh and your speed and durability will both rise.

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