27-09-2011, 05:17 AM
G'day The Ed,
I ran 1600m on the treadmill today (haven't found a track yet) and it took 6'32".
A few comments:
- Felt I could have gone faster.
- Glad I didn't go faster given my history of injuries. Happy not to overdue it until I've got more miles in the legs.
- It took the treadmill about 10s to get up to speed.
- I started at 15km/h but after 3-400m I was concerned I wouldn't be able to keep it up so slowed down to 14.7
- After 1000m I was still feeling ok so increased gradually every 100m until I was at around 15.8 and for the last 100m I went up to 17.8
- Breathing was pretty controlled all the way: 3 strides per inhalation, 3 per exhalation.
- The alarm I felt at 3-400m may have been because the interval training I've been doing hasn't been further than 4-500m.
Cheers,
Gavin
I ran 1600m on the treadmill today (haven't found a track yet) and it took 6'32".
A few comments:
- Felt I could have gone faster.
- Glad I didn't go faster given my history of injuries. Happy not to overdue it until I've got more miles in the legs.
- It took the treadmill about 10s to get up to speed.
- I started at 15km/h but after 3-400m I was concerned I wouldn't be able to keep it up so slowed down to 14.7
- After 1000m I was still feeling ok so increased gradually every 100m until I was at around 15.8 and for the last 100m I went up to 17.8
- Breathing was pretty controlled all the way: 3 strides per inhalation, 3 per exhalation.
- The alarm I felt at 3-400m may have been because the interval training I've been doing hasn't been further than 4-500m.
Cheers,
Gavin