27-06-2026, 09:24 AM
Thanks Gavin, I do think that my Vo2 max numbers are finally starting to improve. I can certainly feel this on my longer Monday runs especially with the vert gain, if I’m on the farm in the very hilly vineyards. Why this has taken so long I can’t really explain, except possibly that I just need to accept that I am becoming an old fart and these things are not as immediate as they once were.
Interestingly I think that my quads and calves are beginning to finally get used to the hills again and I think that my recovery is improving both in terms of the muscular and respiratory systems.
This can be somewhat evidenced by my Parkrun this morning in 24’54.9 on my standard home course. This was a tough run but I felt good enough at the start to give it a go, here are the Km splits.
1K : 4’54, 2K : 5’02, 3K : 5’04, 4K : 5’13, 5K : 4’39.
I managed to hold a reasonable pace through the middle and normally fade on the last hill between three and four K, although that was the case today, I knew that when I went through the 4K split in 20’13 if I could use the downhill and final flat 200m then a sub 25 was possibly on. This was really hard and I felt pretty knackered across the finish but got the job done.
Interestingly I think that my quads and calves are beginning to finally get used to the hills again and I think that my recovery is improving both in terms of the muscular and respiratory systems.
This can be somewhat evidenced by my Parkrun this morning in 24’54.9 on my standard home course. This was a tough run but I felt good enough at the start to give it a go, here are the Km splits.
1K : 4’54, 2K : 5’02, 3K : 5’04, 4K : 5’13, 5K : 4’39.
I managed to hold a reasonable pace through the middle and normally fade on the last hill between three and four K, although that was the case today, I knew that when I went through the 4K split in 20’13 if I could use the downhill and final flat 200m then a sub 25 was possibly on. This was really hard and I felt pretty knackered across the finish but got the job done.