16-01-2020, 04:08 PM
Hi TheEd
Feeling OK now thanks. Had a wobble at the weekend where I didn't feel good during a run so had a couple of days rest at the start of the week. I must have had a mild cold as my other half had it as well and we both felt a bit under the weather for a couple of days. You're right about having to regularly re-adjust to the altitude, it makes things a bit difficult and I'm pretty sure it's held me back a bit over the past year, but with all the effort I've put in so far I'm absolutely determined to continue with my running plans here and hopefully I'll be able to reap the rewards with some shiny new PBs when I get back to the UK - which *fingers crossed* should be in the next few months!
I started a new cycle yesterday. Update from the past week below:
11 Jan
8.05km in 45:01
5:35/km
Av HR 141
Was planning to do 50-60 mins but felt weak and light headed so stopped early.
12 & 13 Jan
Rested
14 Jan
10.01km in 52:31
5:14/km
Av HR 141
Felt much better, pace still felt easy and was quicker
15 Jan
11.14km in 1:01:20
5:30/km
Av HR 143
Middle 6k were 1k loops around a mildy hilly park. 111m of elev gain in the run.
Feeling OK.
Today I'm planning to just do a 30-40 min easy run to give my body more recovery time before the 2000s tomorrow. I'm not going to do 5 reps as we discussed a while back, with the re-acclimatisation and recent cold I think it's best to stick with a conservative 4x2000 effort and build from there. I can push a bit more on the 1000s if feeling good then.
Cheers
Feeling OK now thanks. Had a wobble at the weekend where I didn't feel good during a run so had a couple of days rest at the start of the week. I must have had a mild cold as my other half had it as well and we both felt a bit under the weather for a couple of days. You're right about having to regularly re-adjust to the altitude, it makes things a bit difficult and I'm pretty sure it's held me back a bit over the past year, but with all the effort I've put in so far I'm absolutely determined to continue with my running plans here and hopefully I'll be able to reap the rewards with some shiny new PBs when I get back to the UK - which *fingers crossed* should be in the next few months!
I started a new cycle yesterday. Update from the past week below:
11 Jan
8.05km in 45:01
5:35/km
Av HR 141
Was planning to do 50-60 mins but felt weak and light headed so stopped early.
12 & 13 Jan
Rested
14 Jan
10.01km in 52:31
5:14/km
Av HR 141
Felt much better, pace still felt easy and was quicker
15 Jan
11.14km in 1:01:20
5:30/km
Av HR 143
Middle 6k were 1k loops around a mildy hilly park. 111m of elev gain in the run.
Feeling OK.
Today I'm planning to just do a 30-40 min easy run to give my body more recovery time before the 2000s tomorrow. I'm not going to do 5 reps as we discussed a while back, with the re-acclimatisation and recent cold I think it's best to stick with a conservative 4x2000 effort and build from there. I can push a bit more on the 1000s if feeling good then.
Cheers