Posted By Beverly Richardson on 15 Dec 2010 09:52 AM
Weather didn't feel too bad because I dressed to the hilt, but I wish I had a balaclava.
I wear a Quick Clava from Seirus. You can wear it just as a hat, or pull down the clava. Great for running, skiing, and sledding. And it's a bit more stylish than a normal balaclava.
Got the 4 X 1 mile done, it was sub 20 degree, windy, hilly and had sore and tired legs from prior workouts. Oh it was fun !! Intervals were 7:01, 6:59, 6:42 and 6:30. 9 miles done in 1:07:00.
Good mentall six pack training. Very thankful to have my compression pants after this one to get me through the afternoon at work.
pretty damn cold this morning. Real feel of 5 degrees. I ended up running 3x1mi @ 7:00. Felt pretty good until I got in the house and realized I was supposed to run 4!
Great run yesterday...even if it started like @!#%. First time out on the road (vs. track) which was a nice change of pace. Had to cut the run a bit short because of work. Pushing into "could" this week on bike and run and backing off Sat (to norm workout) in prep for testing next week.
3x1 @ ~7:30 (IF 1.06) Total time 45:27 5.4 miles @ 8:29 (IF 0.88)
@Chris - Yes, WKO+ is the norm software that people use to get the TSS, rTSS, TSB, etc. (There are alternatives, but if you are a Windows person, don't mess around and just use WKO+.)
Ok this week officially sux. Fnally feeling better enough to run hard. Snow/ice means no running outside here in WV. Tried that before here and it was a disaster. Even better that the new very nice treadmills here only go up to 8.0 mph which is a 7:30 pace. Thats the freaking warm up pace i use at home. Tried to do the intervals as a big incline but that just felt like a lower leg injury waiting to happen. So did a boring 10k on it early to find out that the thing i am here for is cancelled due to the snow. Its a couple of inches. Its a joke that this is the Mountaineer state. Besides freaking everyone here drives 4wd trucks. So it will only get better when they close the apt and i am stuck here.
T sum up the week i have done a couple of easy runs and about 30 minutes on the bike with one 20 at .87. Not exactly what i had in mind.
Did the run yesterday on dreadmill. Didn't feel upto going out in 18F and wind. @patrick got to give it to you for going out in this weather. 3x1 mi went by pretty quick went 7:18, 7:18 , 7:03 . Felt the z3 stuff was a lot harder to maintain than before.
Quick question, does anyone else feel they need more hydration on the treadmill. Last couple of runs indoors feel like I am dehydrated towards the end and suffering , very different than when I was running in nov outside. Even doing a simple sweat test earlier in the week confirmed I need to up the hydration, just curious if anyone else noticed it changes from outdoors to indoors
So, I ran on the treadmill last night for the 4x1mile:
Pace Avg HR
#1 6:31 153
#2 6:33 155
#3 6:40 157
#4 6:42 160
The gym seriously needs to install some fans, I was really overheating on the last two miles and I had to back off the pace as my HR was spiking up to the high 160's. I NEVER get my HR up that high when running on the track.
I'm not sure if I should start out a bit slower for the first couple miles to be able to maintain pace, but have a HR that is below my Z4, or just use HR since that is all I have when I run outside, which is most of the time.
Ok this week officially sux. Fnally feeling better enough to run hard. Snow/ice means no running outside here in WV. Tried that before here and it was a disaster. Even better that the new very nice treadmills here only go up to 8.0 mph which is a 7:30 pace. Thats the freaking warm up pace i use at home. Tried to do the intervals as a big incline but that just felt like a lower leg injury waiting to happen. So did a boring 10k on it early to find out that the thing i am here for is cancelled due to the snow. Its a couple of inches. Its a joke that this is the Mountaineer state. Besides freaking everyone here drives 4wd trucks. So it will only get better when they close the apt and i am stuck here.
T sum up the week i have done a couple of easy runs and about 30 minutes on the bike with one 20 at .87. Not exactly what i had in mind.
I used to hate when I was traveling for work and actually had the time to workout and the motivation but hotel gym equipment was broken or not available. So frustrating!
At this point thought a easy day/day off is might be more valuable than a hard workout with the test coming next week.
I have one thing to say about yesterday's run -- Yuck!
After having an absolutely FABULOUS run on Saturday (switched with Sunday to avoid the rain), I was looking forward to the run (3x1mi). I had to do it on the treadmill, but I wasn't too worried about that. I've managed to avoid the shin pains I used to get on the TM, and I like how I can just bang out the workouts.
So last night ... yeah, no. I bailed after the first interval. It felt like I was finished with the entire workout -- I was just that beat!
Not thrilled at all, but this was the only the second bad run I've had since starting the OS. So I guess I can live with it. But this weekend and next's week's test had better be AWESOME!!!
My 3x1 was on the treadmill at a 1% grade and it has never felt so easy. I thought something was wrong with the calibration.
3x1
6:31
6:31
6:31
I did tomorrow's workout today and again it felt very doable (home treadmill vs the Y one yesterday) even at a 2% grade. I don't know whose legs these are but I sure hope they're still around for testing next week. If the ice melts by Wednesday I'm looking forward to a great 5K.
Ok this week officially sux. Fnally feeling better enough to run hard. Snow/ice means no running outside here in WV. Tried that before here and it was a disaster. Even better that the new very nice treadmills here only go up to 8.0 mph which is a 7:30 pace. Thats the freaking warm up pace i use at home. Tried to do the intervals as a big incline but that just felt like a lower leg injury waiting to happen. So did a boring 10k on it early to find out that the thing i am here for is cancelled due to the snow. Its a couple of inches. Its a joke that this is the Mountaineer state. Besides freaking everyone here drives 4wd trucks. So it will only get better when they close the apt and i am stuck here.
T sum up the week i have done a couple of easy runs and about 30 minutes on the bike with one 20 at .87. Not exactly what i had in mind.
I used to hate when I was traveling for work and actually had the time to workout and the motivation but hotel gym equipment was broken or not available. So frustrating!
At this point thought a easy day/day off is might be more valuable than a hard workout with the test coming next week.
So naturally I ended up doing another easy run later in the morning killing time before the flight
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I wear a Quick Clava from Seirus. You can wear it just as a hat, or pull down the clava. Great for running, skiing, and sledding. And it's a bit more stylish than a normal balaclava.
http://www.thefind.com/apparel/browse-seirus-innovation-quick-clava-fleece
Got the 4 X 1 mile done, it was sub 20 degree, windy, hilly and had sore and tired legs from prior workouts. Oh it was fun !! Intervals were 7:01, 6:59, 6:42 and 6:30. 9 miles done in 1:07:00.
Good mentall six pack training. Very thankful to have my compression pants after this one to get me through the afternoon at work.
pretty damn cold this morning. Real feel of 5 degrees. I ended up running 3x1mi @ 7:00. Felt pretty good until I got in the house and realized I was supposed to run 4!
3x1 @ ~7:30 (IF 1.06)
Total time 45:27 5.4 miles @ 8:29 (IF 0.88)
And I thought it was getting cold when the temp dipped below 70 here in Austin!!
T sum up the week i have done a couple of easy runs and about 30 minutes on the bike with one 20 at .87. Not exactly what i had in mind.
3x1 mi went by pretty quick went 7:18, 7:18 , 7:03 . Felt the z3 stuff was a lot harder to maintain than before.
Quick question, does anyone else feel they need more hydration on the treadmill. Last couple of runs indoors feel like I am dehydrated towards the end and suffering , very different than when I was running in nov outside. Even doing a simple sweat test earlier in the week confirmed I need to up the hydration, just curious if anyone else noticed it changes from outdoors to indoors
So, I ran on the treadmill last night for the 4x1mile:
Pace Avg HR
#1 6:31 153
#2 6:33 155
#3 6:40 157
#4 6:42 160
The gym seriously needs to install some fans, I was really overheating on the last two miles and I had to back off the pace as my HR was spiking up to the high 160's. I NEVER get my HR up that high when running on the track.
I'm not sure if I should start out a bit slower for the first couple miles to be able to maintain pace, but have a HR that is below my Z4, or just use HR since that is all I have when I run outside, which is most of the time.
I used to hate when I was traveling for work and actually had the time to workout and the motivation but hotel gym equipment was broken or not available. So frustrating!
At this point thought a easy day/day off is might be more valuable than a hard workout with the test coming next week.
I have one thing to say about yesterday's run -- Yuck!
After having an absolutely FABULOUS run on Saturday (switched with Sunday to avoid the rain), I was looking forward to the run (3x1mi). I had to do it on the treadmill, but I wasn't too worried about that. I've managed to avoid the shin pains I used to get on the TM, and I like how I can just bang out the workouts.
So last night ... yeah, no. I bailed after the first interval. It felt like I was finished with the entire workout -- I was just that beat!
Not thrilled at all, but this was the only the second bad run I've had since starting the OS. So I guess I can live with it. But this weekend and next's week's test had better be AWESOME!!!
My 3x1 was on the treadmill at a 1% grade and it has never felt so easy. I thought something was wrong with the calibration.
3x1
6:31
6:31
6:31
I did tomorrow's workout today and again it felt very doable (home treadmill vs the Y one yesterday) even at a 2% grade. I don't know whose legs these are but I sure hope they're still around for testing next week. If the ice melts by Wednesday I'm looking forward to a great 5K.
So naturally I ended up doing another easy run later in the morning killing time before the flight