{"id":15574,"date":"2014-02-09T12:08:25","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T12:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15574"},"modified":"2014-02-09T12:08:25","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T12:08:25","slug":"return-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/02\/return-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Return of Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

I may be an Apple Fan Boy but\u00a0I’m not referring to the return of Steve Jobs,\u00a0I’m actually talking about a TrainerRoad workout called ‘Jobs’. It’s one I tried on January 23rd<\/a> and came away from it annoyed as I didn’t manage to complete it.<\/p>\n

In fact I came nowhere near. The workout only consists of 4x 6 minute intervals at 105%\u00a0FTP so it should be quite achievable but last time I tried it I blew up halfway through the third interval and could get nowhere near the targets on the third interval. Rubbish really, but not one to give up too easily I decided to revisit it yesterday and this time\u00a0I’m pleased to say that I managed all four intervals at the target power outputs and even picked it up a little towards the end of the fourth.<\/p>\n

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Jobs<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s not that impressive as 4x 6 minutes at 105% of FTP should be easy and it certainly wasn’t that, but it’s definitely an improvement on the previous attempt so\u00a0I’m happy with that.<\/p>\n

Today’s training sessions went OK too. The first was a 10 mile run around the Penrhosmawr Loop in very blustery conditions. The aim for this session was three 10 minute intervals at an increased pace. I’d set my Forerunner 910XT<\/a> to target a pace of 6:45 mins\/mile or quicker for the intervals, with a 5 minute rest\u00a0between each. 6:45 mins\/mile\u00a0isn’t that fast but I have to start somewhere and last time I tried something similar a few weeks ago I could get nowhere near the target pace, so I\u00a0wasn’t sure how well I’d do today.<\/p>\n

The first of the intervals started off quite well aided by the wind so I was well within the target zone, but I soon had a little climb and a short descent, both of which slow me down. I then turned into the wind and it was a bit of a struggle staying under the 6:45 min\/mile pace but I managed it with an average pace for the 10 minutes of 6:39 mins\/mile.<\/p>\n

The next 5 minutes rest went by quickly and I was soon into another harder effort. Again there were a few little climbs and descents to mix things up and some brutal headwinds, but this one was slightly faster at 6:32 mins\/mile. The third was hard with a steep little climb not far into it but once again I managed to stay within my targets, and averaged a 6:40 min\/mile pace for it. So, all in all a successful run as I achieved what I had hoped for. As I say, it\u00a0isn’t that fast and the 20 minute run back to the leisure centre after the hard efforts seemed to go on for ever, but it’s a start.<\/p>\n