18-05-2020, 09:16 AM
Good Morning!
14/05/20
Resting HR 53
8.36km
49:21
5:54/km
Ave HR 133
Max HR 169
15/05/20
Resting HR 49
4.03km
23:10
5:45/km
Ave HR 135
Max HR 153
Indoor cycling - 22km ish
16/05/20
Resting HR 52
17/05/20
20km easy on Zwift early morning.
5km paced session
3.21KM WARM UP @ 5:34/km
Resting HR 45
5.01km
20:46
4:08/km
Ave HR 159
Max HR 186
1. 4:17.1
2. 4:13.8
3. 4:10.6
4. 4:05.0
5. 3:56.4
Total: 20:42.9
This took a whole lot of effort. Got it done with no adverse affects or injuries. Despite it being late evening, it was still warm and somewhat humid, not my ideal conditions so really pleased with the negative splits and the overall result. At the end I was close to vomiting so that summises the scale of the effort. The legs feel amazingly fresh this morning, nothing (groin in particular) kicked off since.
My recovery still taking a while, hence some really easy session mixed with a bit of cycling (nothing hard on legs). I have still not yet managed to procure any Protien whey. Just feel that it's taking the muscles a little longer to recover without that.
I hear you coach, this is second cycle back in so still finding feet. Got one more cycle to go leading up to the local 10km race on the 28th, I've checked the website - still not cancelled or postponed so that is the target for training.
I am contemplating moving my planned training cycles forward a day so they start on a Tuesday. There are pros and cons to doing this.
Pros:
1. Friday rest days as it suits better on weekends i have my two youngest (this has not happened for while but will start again soon)
2. Long runs/ paced effort days fall on Saturdays and parkrun can be used to give a more motivating environment.
3. Club Run Tuesdays suit the training programmes better as match the longer, easy efforts.
Cons:
1. Doing a 2km session on a Thursday would be a real squeeze as I would usually play some team 8 Ball pool with my friends those evenings.
2. I get migraines, more often than not, on a Saturday and I am not sure what impact those would have on training (perhaps not lying in a bit and getting up for parkrun may offset them)
3. Racedays in the UK are more often than not on a Sunday Morning, which is why my training always started on a Wednesday Based on countback)
4. Certain quality session would then fall on club night Tuesday, which would not fit in with their schedule or mine.
I've been happy enough doing the cycles off a Wednesday start for years, its just been a thought that has developed this week, for no particular reason.
Darren
14/05/20
Resting HR 53
8.36km
49:21
5:54/km
Ave HR 133
Max HR 169
15/05/20
Resting HR 49
4.03km
23:10
5:45/km
Ave HR 135
Max HR 153
Indoor cycling - 22km ish
16/05/20
Resting HR 52
17/05/20
20km easy on Zwift early morning.
5km paced session
3.21KM WARM UP @ 5:34/km
Resting HR 45
5.01km
20:46
4:08/km
Ave HR 159
Max HR 186
1. 4:17.1
2. 4:13.8
3. 4:10.6
4. 4:05.0
5. 3:56.4
Total: 20:42.9
This took a whole lot of effort. Got it done with no adverse affects or injuries. Despite it being late evening, it was still warm and somewhat humid, not my ideal conditions so really pleased with the negative splits and the overall result. At the end I was close to vomiting so that summises the scale of the effort. The legs feel amazingly fresh this morning, nothing (groin in particular) kicked off since.
My recovery still taking a while, hence some really easy session mixed with a bit of cycling (nothing hard on legs). I have still not yet managed to procure any Protien whey. Just feel that it's taking the muscles a little longer to recover without that.
I hear you coach, this is second cycle back in so still finding feet. Got one more cycle to go leading up to the local 10km race on the 28th, I've checked the website - still not cancelled or postponed so that is the target for training.
I am contemplating moving my planned training cycles forward a day so they start on a Tuesday. There are pros and cons to doing this.
Pros:
1. Friday rest days as it suits better on weekends i have my two youngest (this has not happened for while but will start again soon)
2. Long runs/ paced effort days fall on Saturdays and parkrun can be used to give a more motivating environment.
3. Club Run Tuesdays suit the training programmes better as match the longer, easy efforts.
Cons:
1. Doing a 2km session on a Thursday would be a real squeeze as I would usually play some team 8 Ball pool with my friends those evenings.
2. I get migraines, more often than not, on a Saturday and I am not sure what impact those would have on training (perhaps not lying in a bit and getting up for parkrun may offset them)
3. Racedays in the UK are more often than not on a Sunday Morning, which is why my training always started on a Wednesday Based on countback)
4. Certain quality session would then fall on club night Tuesday, which would not fit in with their schedule or mine.
I've been happy enough doing the cycles off a Wednesday start for years, its just been a thought that has developed this week, for no particular reason.
Darren