31-07-2012, 08:40 AM
Hi TheEd!
Some days after the last update. On Saturday I did the 5K paced and didn't go quite well. I woke up a little bit late that day and there was already the sun shining pretty hard so I planned to do the session at noon. But then I had some compromises with my girlfriend and got home at 12PM... didn't want to skip the session and as I was feeling pretty good for the hour (I'm definitely a night owl person) I went for it. 3K warmup + 5K in 18:28 + 3K back home. I think it's the worst 5K I pulled down since I'm into the cycles, previous ones were: 18:00, 17:52, 17:52 and 18:18...
I had the feeling I was running pretty fast but yet the Garmin told so, and since I always do the same route in order to have exact feedback over the weeks, I guess it must be right...
Well, let's see how the 10x400 feels today.
Here's the summary of this last days after the 6x1000:
Wednesday: This was a special day I'd like to comment. It was the 20th anniversary of the Olympic Games of Barcelona '92, and to celebrate it, the ceremony of carrying the torch to the stadium was recreated. Our running club corredors.cat was asked to bring 15 of its most involved members in order to accompany the last reliever, Gervasio Deferr, ex-gymnastics Olympic champion. And so I did alongside my club mates, it was a nice experience
When the ceremony ended, as I was already wearing running clothing, after this 1Km very very relaxed run I followed with my scheduled 1h relaxed run. Went back home to leave my bag which was pretty annoying. Finally did 1Km at 10' min/k + 3.25 Km at 4:41 pace + 8.2 Km at 4:52 pace, near 140 bpm more or less overall, so completed the 1h relaxed although with lots of interruptions hehe.
Thursday: 12.09 Km in 01:00:02 at 4:58 pace, Avg HR 142.
Friday: Rest
Saturday: 11 Km with the 5K paced in between in 18:28 (poor 3:42 pace)
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/204067017
Sunday: Rest (I felt sorry I had a pretty busy day like the day before and maybe with the upset of the previous run and since I already did some exercise at the gym I ended deciding to skip the 1h relaxed run)
Yesterday: 12.14 Km in 01:00:01 at 4:57 pace - Avg HR 144.
I also noticed this last days the morning HR is a little bit higher than usual. Not pretty much higher but I'm not achieving the lower HR of some days ago. In the other hand, I notice lower HR in general in the strength training at the gym and also on my runs. But despite of this, I don't have the feeling this is translating into better running shape. I feel as if my cardiovascular endurance is improving but my top speed for endurance racing above lactate threshold is not. I know the relaxed runs are here for the sake of recovery but I have the feeling that I was in better shape when I was running almost everyday in between 4' to 4:30 pace when not interval sessions. Any thoughts on this?
Sorry for the long post
Some days after the last update. On Saturday I did the 5K paced and didn't go quite well. I woke up a little bit late that day and there was already the sun shining pretty hard so I planned to do the session at noon. But then I had some compromises with my girlfriend and got home at 12PM... didn't want to skip the session and as I was feeling pretty good for the hour (I'm definitely a night owl person) I went for it. 3K warmup + 5K in 18:28 + 3K back home. I think it's the worst 5K I pulled down since I'm into the cycles, previous ones were: 18:00, 17:52, 17:52 and 18:18...
I had the feeling I was running pretty fast but yet the Garmin told so, and since I always do the same route in order to have exact feedback over the weeks, I guess it must be right...
Well, let's see how the 10x400 feels today.
Here's the summary of this last days after the 6x1000:
Wednesday: This was a special day I'd like to comment. It was the 20th anniversary of the Olympic Games of Barcelona '92, and to celebrate it, the ceremony of carrying the torch to the stadium was recreated. Our running club corredors.cat was asked to bring 15 of its most involved members in order to accompany the last reliever, Gervasio Deferr, ex-gymnastics Olympic champion. And so I did alongside my club mates, it was a nice experience
When the ceremony ended, as I was already wearing running clothing, after this 1Km very very relaxed run I followed with my scheduled 1h relaxed run. Went back home to leave my bag which was pretty annoying. Finally did 1Km at 10' min/k + 3.25 Km at 4:41 pace + 8.2 Km at 4:52 pace, near 140 bpm more or less overall, so completed the 1h relaxed although with lots of interruptions hehe.Thursday: 12.09 Km in 01:00:02 at 4:58 pace, Avg HR 142.
Friday: Rest
Saturday: 11 Km with the 5K paced in between in 18:28 (poor 3:42 pace)
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/204067017
Sunday: Rest (I felt sorry I had a pretty busy day like the day before and maybe with the upset of the previous run and since I already did some exercise at the gym I ended deciding to skip the 1h relaxed run)
Yesterday: 12.14 Km in 01:00:01 at 4:57 pace - Avg HR 144.
I also noticed this last days the morning HR is a little bit higher than usual. Not pretty much higher but I'm not achieving the lower HR of some days ago. In the other hand, I notice lower HR in general in the strength training at the gym and also on my runs. But despite of this, I don't have the feeling this is translating into better running shape. I feel as if my cardiovascular endurance is improving but my top speed for endurance racing above lactate threshold is not. I know the relaxed runs are here for the sake of recovery but I have the feeling that I was in better shape when I was running almost everyday in between 4' to 4:30 pace when not interval sessions. Any thoughts on this?
Sorry for the long post