No big deal, and nothing to be concerned about. It’s not uncommon for me to turn down the intensity of VO2max intervals, while still doing productive work, particularly so early in the season when I’m unaccustomed to these types of efforts.
Here’s my last go at Bashful+2 in mid-Feb, and as you can see I dropped the intensity by 3% in the 2nd block and then dropped it a couple % more in the final block. I was fine with Bashful+1 the week prior doing the 1min intervals, but the 1:30s in +2 meant I needed some slack cutting. “Good work” was still achieved though.
