90 second up – 90 seconds down

90 second up and then 90 seconds down, doesn't it sound like loads of fun? That is exactly what I thought about ½ through it yesterday. My quads didn't like it going up the hill and weren't much happier on the way down.

I just kept thinking "quads" you don't like this now, you are certainly not going to be happy about mile 22 of Boston.

This was my second hill repeat session in little less than a week. For it, I chose a different hill and different time table. 90 second up followed by a 30 second recovery before heading back down the hill at about ½ marathon pace for 90 seconds. This was followed by another 30 more seconds of recovery before repeating the entire process again – 6 times.

Setting here now with two weary and sore quads doesn't seem like the ideal way to train for a marathon, but hopefully, it will pay dividends on race day. At this point, there is no way of knowing but in the end time will tell.

 

Thoughts from the Cool Down Runner