I had pegged this week in keeping to an easy running schedule. Writing to my coach earlier this week, I told her that it was Diwali week and interval training would have to wait.
She hadn’t adjusted the training peaks and when I saw the scheduled intervals for today. I was tempted to try. They were long and you could say ruthless.
Last night I had read this article in the NYTimes – to meet big goals, think small – and it made me think about work and unsurprisingly about running. Although, my training has always suggested to break up the goals much the way the article suggests, it’s always fresh perspective to renew, rewire the mind.
Breaking down these long intervals, I hit and outdid the pace targets in some of them. The post Diwali morning felt fresh. The roads largely empty. The people familiar. The intervals were just the start I needed in this block of training.
Give a bit of effort and Delhi, beloved roads of Delhi always give back.
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