Training Log Archive: markg

Exploratory run around Banff from the YWCA. It was really nice to be out: there was fog higher up around the mountains, it was snowing gently but not too cold, and there was little wind. Spent quite a bit of time stopped and admiring the view! Ran off the paths through some nice bits of the woods too.

Was planning to go skiing today but neither Megan and I were feeling energetic enough and my quads are more sore than I've ever felt them! Almost any movement involving the quads is bloody agony.

My training today was interrupted by a work team building sort of thing and drinks for a departing colleague. The work thing was laser tag, ie, running around shooting each other with laser guns. It was actually a lot of fun. Everyone got a little too keen though and we all spent most of the time running around in a crouch position like commandos! The main result of this is that my quads were totally wasted at the end of the 3 games.

Putting out controls for my TNT on Nose Hill. Got there late so really had to push it around.

V02Max test this afternoon …

Warm up and down for V02Max test.

My first V02Max test and an interesting experience too … also an interesting result. My favourite part of the whole experience is definitely the head-gear and breathing piece which causes you to dribble everywhere, uncontrollably and in vast quantities. My second favourite part was reading, as I went through the test, a quote from Lance Armstrong on a poster: "I don't do it for pleasure, I do it for pain'. That really helped! Anyway the test was okay, I pulled the pin a little early - max HR only reached 190, which by previous results is only 97% - but went far enough that my V02 was starting to plateau, so a valid result.

So the data … wasn't quite what I thought it would be …

Aerobic Threshold = 38.7 at 168bpm and 4:42/km
Anaerobic Threshold = 42.10 at 177bpm and 4:06/km
V02Max = 49.8 at 190bpm and 3:12/km

The lab guy said he had expected something closer to V02Max = 60 (which is about what I was expecting) for the speed I was running and given the threshold results. Doesn't matter, the velocities are more telling than the max V02.

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Easy cycle to get the legs warmed up followed by stretching. Trying to make sure I'm as fresh as possible for my V02Max test tomorrow afternoon.