Managing my pace is something that is made way easier by accepting regular walking breaks. I didn't have to try to pace myself for 12 minutes, only for 2 minutes at a time, and I knew that there would be no more than four of these fast 2-minute segments before I could have a 5-minute walk to recover.
So I was able to really push myself on the running segments, a notch or two down from the not-quite-sprinting I used for zombie chases last week, but trying for "as fast as I think I can manage this two minutes" and using the minute's walk in between to catch my breath.
I had RunKeeper counting off the quarter-miles, so I knew that I was knocking them out a bit faster than one every three minutes (it was nice how the timings lined up) which kept me motivated to stay fast.
I like the RunKeeper voice, but if she says too much at a time, or too often, it makes it hard to follow a podcast. Over music, it's much less of an issue.
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Date: 10/12/2013 10:24 am (UTC)So I was able to really push myself on the running segments, a notch or two down from the not-quite-sprinting I used for zombie chases last week, but trying for "as fast as I think I can manage this two minutes" and using the minute's walk in between to catch my breath.
I had RunKeeper counting off the quarter-miles, so I knew that I was knocking them out a bit faster than one every three minutes (it was nice how the timings lined up) which kept me motivated to stay fast.
I like the RunKeeper voice, but if she says too much at a time, or too often, it makes it hard to follow a podcast. Over music, it's much less of an issue.