Intervals at the Gym in Preparation for the 2008 Puma Congress Avenue Mile

This evening I did four intervals at the gym preparing for the 2008 Puma Congress Avenue Mile this Saturday. I was wanting to get an idea how long it would take to run a mile.

The first interval was a warm up interval where I wanted to get my heart rate up to 125 beats per minute. That I did as can be seen in the graph. On race day I think I should get my heart rate up to thirty and maintain that for a several at least five minutes.

The second interval was the test interval where I ran all out for one mile. The time was eight and a half minutes. Not bad! I hope being in a race and going down hill I can cut some time off that. We'll see on Saturday.

The last two interval were at seven and a half miles per hour and eight miles per hour and last for a quarter of a mile.