July

[Sweder]

OK, I'm being difficult, but wouldn't it be better to have a fixed playlist of hard-easy-hard-easy rather than a shuffle? If you get a sequence of hards or easys, it's not really a Fartlek...

That shows a major difference between us; you're a logical kinda guy, where as I just plug in and go

You're right of course . . . but I love not knowing what's coming next. It can be a real beast/ blast if you hit a hot number just as you reach the base of a tasty hill. My shuffle system seems to mix things up pretty well; I rarely get three out-and-out thrashes in a row. And my recovery songs tend to be longer tracks. Then there are tracks like Stairway To Heaven which is a fartlek session all in one song

Another way to do it is via Planet Rock. The occasional DJ warble or advert provides guaranteed recovery minutes irrespective of the tempo of the music. I'll give that a whirl tomorrow. Hmm . . . I've probably been doing precisely that over recent weeks without thinking about it.