Interval Training Advice (Read 521 times)

I've been interval training once a week (with periodic weeks off), mostly outside on the flattest course possible (there are still hills). This morning I tried the new treadmill at work and felt a 1.5% grade was flatter and I could focus on being very consistent with both my intervals and recovery runs. My tendency is to push very hard every time I interval train, and some reading I've been doing recommended maintatining similar pacing for a period then pushing it up again. Would it make sense to do 3 weeks a month on the treadmill and one week outside, getting my new pacing points from the outside run? Every other run I do is outside, so should I avoid the artificial environment of the treadmill? I hate the track, so doing 5 miles of interval training there would be hell on earth to me, but something to consider as well. What do the gurus think, from your experience? For reference, I read the below thread already, and it was the only relevant one that came up when I searched the forums. http://www.runningahead.com/forums/post/d5dfa82ade5f4ac591ef23c3afffb9da#focus Chris

Thank you! I usually run by time, but will stick to the roads and focus on effort rather than pushing my pace on the treadmill. Chris