Long run, testing & fighting something
I did my long run on the weekend on Saturday to give me a rest day before doing my next lactate threshold test. I decided to do this run indoors to check on a few things (and to avoid all the slush with the mild temperatures).
The first thing I wanted to check was my heart rate during the run which I hadn’t checked for a while. This ended up being about 152-154 for the majority of the run. My usual ideal for HR is about 148 but this isn’t too far off.
The other big thing I wanted to check was what speed I settled into naturally for the long run. I found that each 400m lap was between 1:58 and 2:02 or about 5:00 min/k. This felt good and was fairly easy to maintain. Towards the end I picked it up a bit for about the last 3-4k. Overall a good run.
Sunday was an off day in preparation for Monday’s lactate threshold test.
The test on Monday did not go as expected. Right from the start I was off by about a km per hour. At 6.8 miles per hour (slower than Saturday’s 7.5 miles per hour), my heart rate was already at 159. This didn’t bold well. The legs felt okay but the effort was very labored. In total I only did 4 levels. There wasn’t much point in doing too much more if the results weren’t going to be effective.
There is probably a couple of factors involved here. My rest was definitely off; okay but not ideal. I also may not have fully recovered from Saturday’s long run. Most likely however, I have probably been fighting off something for the last few days. Even my weight was up since the long run.
Last night I didn’t do the workout and opted instead for getting home and getting to bed at a decent time. I had good night’s sleep. Today I’ll see how I feel at the end of the day. I expect that I’ll go down to the Dome and run inside tonight.
Oh and did I mention that I’m leaving for Florida tomorrow. More on that later and the Disney ½ marathon on Saturday.
The first thing I wanted to check was my heart rate during the run which I hadn’t checked for a while. This ended up being about 152-154 for the majority of the run. My usual ideal for HR is about 148 but this isn’t too far off.
The other big thing I wanted to check was what speed I settled into naturally for the long run. I found that each 400m lap was between 1:58 and 2:02 or about 5:00 min/k. This felt good and was fairly easy to maintain. Towards the end I picked it up a bit for about the last 3-4k. Overall a good run.
Sunday was an off day in preparation for Monday’s lactate threshold test.
The test on Monday did not go as expected. Right from the start I was off by about a km per hour. At 6.8 miles per hour (slower than Saturday’s 7.5 miles per hour), my heart rate was already at 159. This didn’t bold well. The legs felt okay but the effort was very labored. In total I only did 4 levels. There wasn’t much point in doing too much more if the results weren’t going to be effective.
There is probably a couple of factors involved here. My rest was definitely off; okay but not ideal. I also may not have fully recovered from Saturday’s long run. Most likely however, I have probably been fighting off something for the last few days. Even my weight was up since the long run.
Last night I didn’t do the workout and opted instead for getting home and getting to bed at a decent time. I had good night’s sleep. Today I’ll see how I feel at the end of the day. I expect that I’ll go down to the Dome and run inside tonight.
Oh and did I mention that I’m leaving for Florida tomorrow. More on that later and the Disney ½ marathon on Saturday.
posted by --brian @ 8:20 AM
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