Training Log Archive: Craig

Ran down into the Helena Valley to try to meet up with the good runners and see if I could stick with them up O'Connor Rd but the stress was too much for my heart and the tachycardia kicked in just before reaching the river. Considered turning back but decided to walk/jog downstream hoping it would come good before I found the group.
I was a bit worried about how I was going to go about trying to join in with a group I don't really know but when they were still about 50m away Raf Baugh called out "Hi Craig" and then I joined in at the back and chatted to Paul Mackay for a while who obviously also recognised me so it wasn't really a problem. Heart still didn't seem quite right but it was good enough to keep up almost to O'Connor Rd without too much trouble. As we started to rise a little just before the turn I started to struggle a bit and as soon as we started on the climb I was in serious trouble. At first I wondered if I was just unfit but when I felt my chest it was obvious that my heart was going crazy so I walked most of the climb. Heart came good on the flatter bit after the powerline and I felt pretty good for the run home apart from the left heel which was getting pretty sore.
Only two more weeks of this I hope.

3k warm up (14:38), 2x3k harder (10:50, 9:51) with 1k recovery (4:49), 1k warm down (4:52).
First 3k effort started at 15.5km/h and increased by 0.5 every 500m ending at 18km/h. (3:49, 3:36, 3:24)
Second 3k started at 18km/h and increasing more slowly, last 100m at 20km/h. (3:22, 3:18, 3:11)
All done with zero incline so much easier than outdoors but I was still surprised how easy 18km/h felt. Starting to breathe a bit harder at 20km/h but I think I could have kept it up for a fair bit longer.
I hate running slowly on the treadmill but I really enjoyed that one, seemed to be over really quickly.

Lacking motivation. Getting fat.

C • Getting fat 6

Old John Forrest tempo loop but starting from Caltex and just running steady apart from pushing it a bit up the hill. Left heel niggling a bit most of the time but not really sore, felt pretty good apart from that. Nice conditions, pretty cool but no wind.