5 Minutes of Pain

I did some 5 minute intervals today. I did 4 repeats on a long hill in Macon... it has a few false flats that make it hard to hold the wattage, but it works better than anything else I have found.

I averaged 340 Watts, 342 Watts, 333 Watts, and 330 Watts in the four intervals. This is very near where I was the last time I did these things in February (I think it was Feb). I was pleased with the effort, but recognized something very real from the workout...

I am not used to suffering. This winter, I did FTP and sprint workout all winter and then moved into 5 minute and 1 minute intervals. There was never a week that I did not have a really tough workout (mentally and physically). I now realize that for the last 8 weeks, I have been very satisfied sitting in and making excuses. The burn I felt today was different and woke me up to the weak outputs over the last few weeks. Mentally, I am using my injury as a scapegoat to keep from working over the edge...

I must keep these intervals going... even if they don't raise my threshold, they will raise my mental toughness and we all know that will make me faster than threshold...