Intervals

I've been running now for 2 years and a few months. I'm two weeks into training for the Ogden Marathon in May. As part of the training program I'm following I have to run 3 miles on Tuesdays and Thursdays for several weeks before I start increasing the distance. Currently, 3 miles is kind of a short run for me so I've debated how to run those 3 miles to switch it up. The first two weeks I decided to see if I could up my time which I did. Not a tone but faster than I have been running 3 miles. Today, I decided to try interval training. I googled it and found that it can be kind of simple. Below is the schedule I ended up following. Not exactly what I planned but I upped the speed towards the end when I realized I had more energy.

Minutes	MPH	Distance
5	6.0	0.50
1	8.0	0.13
4	6.0	0.50
1	8.0	0.13
4	6.0	0.50
1	8.0	0.13
4	6.0	0.50
1	8.0	0.13
4	6.0	0.50
1	8.5	0.15
2	6.5	0.22

In the end I ran my 3 miles in about 28 minutes which is more time that I would have normally. In spite of that I think I'm going to stick with doing interval training at least once a week. I will definitely up my MPHs next time because I didn't feel as exhausted as I normally do. Hopefully this does good things for my training. It's supposed to anyway.