29-11-2011, 09:33 AM
Thanks!
I actually enjoyed running in the cold weather last year. Especially the long runs in -15 degrees are actually nice when you dress well. But let's see how it will be this winter.
At the moment the weather is terrible: dark, rainy and windy. Therefore for the time being I'll do all interval sessions on the indoor track now and I may continue that throughout winter for consistency reasons. I really want to develop speed this year.
In general I will focus a lot on the pace of my exercises this winter: I plan to run the "easy runs" very easy: at even as low as 130 bpm HR. On the other hand, the long runs I plan to run faster, at closer to 5:15 and even 5:00 per km (which is very fast for me right now). And the intervals I will start according to the Sub45 program at 4:25 per km soon. And I plan to augment some of the running with swimming and also cross-country skiing when the weather allows. Let's see how the development goes.
And good idea to check the condition with a 4k run. I've had a very heavy running program last days and a business trip still this week, so I'll do it in the weekend and keep you posted.
K4m
I actually enjoyed running in the cold weather last year. Especially the long runs in -15 degrees are actually nice when you dress well. But let's see how it will be this winter.
At the moment the weather is terrible: dark, rainy and windy. Therefore for the time being I'll do all interval sessions on the indoor track now and I may continue that throughout winter for consistency reasons. I really want to develop speed this year.
In general I will focus a lot on the pace of my exercises this winter: I plan to run the "easy runs" very easy: at even as low as 130 bpm HR. On the other hand, the long runs I plan to run faster, at closer to 5:15 and even 5:00 per km (which is very fast for me right now). And the intervals I will start according to the Sub45 program at 4:25 per km soon. And I plan to augment some of the running with swimming and also cross-country skiing when the weather allows. Let's see how the development goes.
And good idea to check the condition with a 4k run. I've had a very heavy running program last days and a business trip still this week, so I'll do it in the weekend and keep you posted.
K4m