Well that didn't work...

I am trying a new workout today....three sets of 3x2 min Peak/Fade Power Intervals with 2 mins of rest beteween intervals and 6 mins rest between sets.

Well, I'm not sure what happened but I could not complete the exercise. Carmichael says to go all out, as hard as you can and then try and maintain that intensity all the way to the end. Well firstly, doing one of these babies for 2 minutes is extremely hard. Secondly, doing another 8 seems physically impossible for me. I'll try again soon but was wondering about reducing the time to 30 seconds and then adding 15 seconds the next week until I can maintain the full 2 minutes.

Anyone out there have any other suggestions?

Here is the power plot from the first set...(I did not complete the last two...way too dead. Maybe I'm getting sick). I will try some steady state power intervals tonight....or maybe I'll try this again with a shorter duration.

As a post-script to this, I was looking at a Golden Cheetah power profile of the workout vs. my current power profile and noticed that I hit a new personal best for a 1:52 interval. So I guess I am definitely close to my limit which would explain why it was so damn hard!