08-06-2013, 09:05 PM
glenn10 Wrote:Hi Ed,
Did an hour easy tonight:
60:39
9.6KM (6:17/KM)
Average 147BPM
Found it quite difficult to stay in the prescribed pulse range, as the route is quite hilly and so had to try and balance the uphill vs downhill pulses. Every time I saw I was straying into the low 150's, I made sure I dropped down to 145BPM before going again. Felt fine for the first 55 minutes, but then my left hip started going a little stiff, and I then got a little stitch at about 58 minutes, but both had disappeared by the end of the run. Barely broke a sweat doing the run though, so not feeling tired afterwards.
Where do we stand for sessions across tomorrow/the weekend?
Wasn't sure what to do for Friday/Saturday, but was feeling a bit stiff yesterday so just did a quick lap around the block. Did an hour easy today, heartrate a bit high because of hills, but felt very good doing it and no ill effects now. Was forced to do a 5 minute warm-up, as my GPS wouldn't sync, so heartrate started a bit higher than usual too! I did notice though, that while my heartrate would get up quite high going uphill, just a few hundred meters of downhill at the same pace would drop me to 130ishBPM, which I guess is good?
Wednesday: Rest
Thursday: 60:39 - 9.6KM (6:17/KM) - 147BPM
Friday: 22:27 - 3.6KM (6:13/KM) - 149BPM
Saturday: 57:41 - 9.3KM (6:11/KM) - 154BPM
From here will just continue to do hour sessions unless I hear differently, if that works for you?