11-12-2009, 01:33 PM
Hey TheEd.
So yesterday was my second run in a month, with being all-around inactive for that 30 days period (end of the semester).
I had a 30 minute window to do the 4km time trial in (including warmup, strides, cooldown) so needless to say, I probably should have just skipped it and gone for an easy 20. (Weather: Icy and -10 Celsius)
I felt terrible most of the time, and wasn't able to hold up nearly the pace I should have been able to. I ended up running 3km in approx 12 minutes (approximate due to a long light I had to wait for.) - That sucks! I want to say "it's not accurate", but obviously it has to be SOME indicator my fitness. I think if I ran everyday for the next week to get rust out of the legs, and and then took my time to do the warmup without time constraints I would improve this number by at least 10s/km.
I think that there was a disparity in my training previously in that I a) wasn't running enough mileage, and b) was running too slow on any given day but intervals, meaning that I can immediately "click into" a 400m or 600m interval pace, but anything significantly longer and my body instinctively wants to go to the other pace it has had ingrained into its muscle memory, which would be around 5:15/kilometer for longer runs. I think that the 1km and especially 2km reps will be great for me.
As the snow has hit, the outdoor track has been closed down, although there is an old dirt track at a high school nearby and I potentially have access to an indoor track as well. I have some spikes in the mail, so outside intervals are still an option
Thoughts?
D
So yesterday was my second run in a month, with being all-around inactive for that 30 days period (end of the semester).
I had a 30 minute window to do the 4km time trial in (including warmup, strides, cooldown) so needless to say, I probably should have just skipped it and gone for an easy 20. (Weather: Icy and -10 Celsius)
I felt terrible most of the time, and wasn't able to hold up nearly the pace I should have been able to. I ended up running 3km in approx 12 minutes (approximate due to a long light I had to wait for.) - That sucks! I want to say "it's not accurate", but obviously it has to be SOME indicator my fitness. I think if I ran everyday for the next week to get rust out of the legs, and and then took my time to do the warmup without time constraints I would improve this number by at least 10s/km.
I think that there was a disparity in my training previously in that I a) wasn't running enough mileage, and b) was running too slow on any given day but intervals, meaning that I can immediately "click into" a 400m or 600m interval pace, but anything significantly longer and my body instinctively wants to go to the other pace it has had ingrained into its muscle memory, which would be around 5:15/kilometer for longer runs. I think that the 1km and especially 2km reps will be great for me.
As the snow has hit, the outdoor track has been closed down, although there is an old dirt track at a high school nearby and I potentially have access to an indoor track as well. I have some spikes in the mail, so outside intervals are still an option
Thoughts?
D