23-06-2012, 11:28 PM
Hi TheEd,
Hope you're enjoying the weekend!
So, progress to date:
On Wednesday evening I got in a cycle, all went as planned which is good!
Duration: 20 minutes, high revs
Average HR: 130
Max HR: 137 (A momentary blip due to some high BPM music!)
Thursday morning went for a 20 minute run so figured I'd try a good pace, didn't go so well!
Covered 4.19km but the pace dropped off after the first 2k, felt unusually sluggish, things were a little rushed that morning and I had no breakfast that morning so that was a factor but I
usually don't eat too much before I run anyway. The shins were also bugging me.
Distance---Avg Pace---Avg HR----Max HR
1----------04:38------167-------181
2----------04:41------181-------184
3----------04:45------180-------183
4----------04:46------180-------182
.19--------04:24------180-------181
I went out on my lunchbreak at work and got some Voltarol gel for the shins, it's amazing stuff!
Friday I did another cycle, again 20 minutes.
Average HR: 128
Max HR: 137
This morning I intended doing the long run but didn't really trust the shins and given that the
cycling/spinning/swimming feels like a fair method of improving on my cardio fitness without me losing
a lot of ground in my running plans I've decided to give the legs a few days to recover. I'm combining voltarol,
stretching, strengthening and rest to see if I can prevent this becoming a real issue for me.
I don't mind sacrificing the planned race on July 1st if it means I can run a better, stronger race a few weeks after.
The shins aren't bad, I've been reading how bad they can get and mine are definitely not advanced but if at all possible
I would like to prevent them holding me back now rather than pushing on and having to take an extended break later.
I'm hoping that a few days will be a good enough rest, I'm guessing you've seen plenty of people go through this
so if you have any insight I'd be "all ears". :-)
So, today I chose yet another cycle, this time 35 minutes as I felt I needed to get a real sweat on!
Average HR: 128
Max HR: 138 (I tend to zone out quite a bit because of the music so my pace increases occasionally and pushes my
HR outside the intended range)
I'm enjoying the spinning, and it seems that my average speed is increasing slowly with each workout.
I'd like to run again Tuesday or Wednesday as I think the shins will have improved greatly, the tenderness is already much reduced.
Hope you're enjoying the weekend!
So, progress to date:
On Wednesday evening I got in a cycle, all went as planned which is good!
Duration: 20 minutes, high revs
Average HR: 130
Max HR: 137 (A momentary blip due to some high BPM music!)
Thursday morning went for a 20 minute run so figured I'd try a good pace, didn't go so well!
Covered 4.19km but the pace dropped off after the first 2k, felt unusually sluggish, things were a little rushed that morning and I had no breakfast that morning so that was a factor but I
usually don't eat too much before I run anyway. The shins were also bugging me.
Distance---Avg Pace---Avg HR----Max HR
1----------04:38------167-------181
2----------04:41------181-------184
3----------04:45------180-------183
4----------04:46------180-------182
.19--------04:24------180-------181
I went out on my lunchbreak at work and got some Voltarol gel for the shins, it's amazing stuff!
Friday I did another cycle, again 20 minutes.
Average HR: 128
Max HR: 137
This morning I intended doing the long run but didn't really trust the shins and given that the
cycling/spinning/swimming feels like a fair method of improving on my cardio fitness without me losing
a lot of ground in my running plans I've decided to give the legs a few days to recover. I'm combining voltarol,
stretching, strengthening and rest to see if I can prevent this becoming a real issue for me.
I don't mind sacrificing the planned race on July 1st if it means I can run a better, stronger race a few weeks after.
The shins aren't bad, I've been reading how bad they can get and mine are definitely not advanced but if at all possible
I would like to prevent them holding me back now rather than pushing on and having to take an extended break later.
I'm hoping that a few days will be a good enough rest, I'm guessing you've seen plenty of people go through this
so if you have any insight I'd be "all ears". :-)
So, today I chose yet another cycle, this time 35 minutes as I felt I needed to get a real sweat on!
Average HR: 128
Max HR: 138 (I tend to zone out quite a bit because of the music so my pace increases occasionally and pushes my
HR outside the intended range)
I'm enjoying the spinning, and it seems that my average speed is increasing slowly with each workout.
I'd like to run again Tuesday or Wednesday as I think the shins will have improved greatly, the tenderness is already much reduced.