Hi everybody, I’m Olympian Carrie Tollefson and also your National Fitness Director at Moms on the Run. And today’s Tuesday Training Tip, let’s talk about intervals. Well, what is an interval? An interval is an amount of time where you are working hard. It’s like a sprint or a burst of energy and then you have to recover from it.
So, say for instance, you go to the track and you do 8 by 400 at 5K pace. Well, that 400 meters where you’re going hard at 5K pace is your interval and then you’re going to recover from it so you can get back to another interval at that 5k pace.
Or you might do intervals out on the hills where you do 10 by 30 second hills with 90 seconds recovery. You can do it on the roads too. Maybe you’re doing light poles where you’re doing two light poles hard one light pole easy.
All of those are interval workouts. Hey, leave a comment below and tell us what your favorite interval workout is. Maybe we’ve done it in class, maybe it’s a new suggestion.
Have some fun. Do your intervals.