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Thursday Sep 10, 2009 #
Trail Runnning 1:15:00 [1]
shoes: Salomon XT Hawk
Decided to kick the day off early this morning and stretched the legs with my first intensity since returning back from TR...The plan was to head up to the nordic centre to run my Georgetown loop, which runs about 15min mark-to-mark at threshold - I've done this loop a few times now and know how I'm feeling based on distance VS effort I get from the workout.
Trail Runnning 15:00 [4]
ahr:169 max:173 shoes: Salomon XT Hawk
Since I'm racing on the weekend (5 Peaks), the purpose was just to blow out the carbon' and test the body to see if I've fully recovered (which I know I haven't yet) - I consulted with MC (ex-coach) to see what his thoughts were - he suggested that anything harder than threshold would risk putting more further under..."no point in pushing the limit when you're already past it" - good point.
So I did 15min z3 (threshold) "but make sure you don't push it too much - keep it at the lower end of the zone - you should be able to talk somewhat comfortably...". ok - so I talked to myself...
The first part is flat for 1.5k or so, but then the gradual climb starts and winds up, up, up - a speedy climb that levels off about halfway, and then becomes rolly to the finish mark. I held back (talking to myself) and the HR shot up into zone right away ("that was easy" - I said to myself). The more I climbed, the better I felt..."wow"...I pushed the pace, but then remembered about this 21k I wanted to race this weekend. "Ah yes...chillax Philly".
Long story short (yeah right), I felt amazing - I'm not sure if its the altitude effect of TR in CO or the fact that I haven't done much in 10-12 days...either way, it felt great to run 'free' again. I reached the same mark I killed myself to reach before TR, and wanted to keep going for an hour...
Either way, I'll take it as a good sign - we'll see how the weekend goes.
Don't think I've ever written so much about a 15min workout...
So I did 15min z3 (threshold) "but make sure you don't push it too much - keep it at the lower end of the zone - you should be able to talk somewhat comfortably...". ok - so I talked to myself...
The first part is flat for 1.5k or so, but then the gradual climb starts and winds up, up, up - a speedy climb that levels off about halfway, and then becomes rolly to the finish mark. I held back (talking to myself) and the HR shot up into zone right away ("that was easy" - I said to myself). The more I climbed, the better I felt..."wow"...I pushed the pace, but then remembered about this 21k I wanted to race this weekend. "Ah yes...chillax Philly".
Long story short (yeah right), I felt amazing - I'm not sure if its the altitude effect of TR in CO or the fact that I haven't done much in 10-12 days...either way, it felt great to run 'free' again. I reached the same mark I killed myself to reach before TR, and wanted to keep going for an hour...
Either way, I'll take it as a good sign - we'll see how the weekend goes.
Don't think I've ever written so much about a 15min workout...