If you like intervals...
 

If you like intervals, then...

If you like intervals, then you like winning races

and you are doing them properly then you are likely a beast, physically, mentally, or in both ways.

then you're in shape. Intervals suck at the beginning of the year, but are about as much fun as I can have on a bike after the first few weeks of build.

I love innervals. If I don't have time to ride lots of miles.....I do innervals.

It's only that last 10% of the interval duration that kills. So I try to go extra hard for that part.

Then you've realized they make you faster and you concentrate on improving speed and ignoring the pain.

"It never gets easier; you just get faster" GL

+1 - one of my most favorite quotes in cycling.....so true.....so true.....

other: have never done them, since i just started up with cycling about 1.5 months ago. i did them 2x a week as a distance runner (5x1200m early in the season to 20x200m closer to racing season). they GREATLY help running, so once i get some base cycling down, ill do some intervals.

i just started throwing some in after a couple months of base mileage. yesterday i did about 20 miles with half a dozen sprints thrown in the middle. almost threw up a couple times on the ride back home. i was zoned out all afternoon and my whole body kinda ached.
i figured today would be an easy recovery type ride, but interestingly i felt really good today and ended up doing about 45 miles before i had to head home.

I love intervals.

Sure, but you're deranged. :p

I gotta say, I love that moment when I'm just about to have my brain shut down and the "Dead Elvis Grin" comes out. Just pedal towards the bright light...;)

I can't say that I love them exactly, but I love the results.

Yeah. I love them afterwards. Although, the more I do them the closer I come to enjoying the "during."

They're painful, but the good kind. I love that kinda pain. The best is when you get so used to it that you flush it down the toilet and then go out for rides. Wait, that just sounds weird.