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Jmac its almost like the vo2max has tricked your body into thinking you are getting a cold. I find vo2max can give me a sore throat but i havent had the chills or fever.
55+ PBs 5k 18:36 June 3rd TT
" If you don't use it you lose it, but if you use it, it wears out.
Somewhere in between is about right "
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Keen - starting fresh is always nice, make sure you don’t overdo the first week.
Steve - as others said, just listen to your body and don’t try to recover the lost time.
Your objective should be solely arrive healthy at the start line. You still have a chance at a PR depending on how you feel on race day.
Watson - ouch, 25k/h is already annoying and that is the average. That’s the equivalent of training in altitude heh.
Jmac - I”m getting chills just reading about that workout. I can’t comprehend 5x1200.
me - yesterday's session at the functional training kicked my ass completely. The one leg plyo jumps were especially tiring, even though I was jumping maybe an inch off the ground. Early today I even had to use support to sit on the toilet seat haha.
So I didn't even think of running. Maybe tomorrow.
PRs: 1500 4:54.1 2019 - 5K 17:53 2023 - 10K 37:55 2023 - HM 1:21:59 2021
Up next: some 800m race (or time trials) / Also place in the top 20% in a trail race
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Cobra Commander Keen
JMac - Those effects are something I've never even heard of before, to be honest.
I'm completely over my bug, but had to take this morning off as I was tasked with dropping off DD1-3 off at my in-laws before work (a good 30+ minute drive each way). Really looking forward to a long run tomorrow. Might even throw in an as-yet-to-be-determined number of M pace miles just for fun. Is it bad for a LR to be more than half of your weekly mileage??
5k: 17:58 11/22 │ 10k: 37:55 9/21 │ HM: 1:23:22 4/22 │ M: 2:56:05 12/22
Upcoming Races:
OKC Memorial 5k - April 27
Bun Run 5k - May 4
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Flavio - Get back on the saddle! Maybe you shouldn't do 5x1200, but Piwi can tell you all about the wonders of 5x1K
Keen - You went from mileage king on this thread to total slacker (i.e. still leader of this thread )
5K: 16:37 (11/20) | 10K: 34:49 (10/19) | HM: 1:14:57 (5/22) | FM: 2:36:31 (12/19)
Flavio needing help to go to the toilet is a sure sign of old age Your 1 inch jumps remind me of my beach run where I have to longjump a tiny stream about 1m wide. I get a ferocious run up in and then dont make it haha.
Jmac VO2 is so good and so bad, good it creates stimulus, bad its hard on the body.
Keen- children and sickness is hard times. Weve been through that this winter with one passing it on to another until I finally get it. You are doing well with all the life interruptions.
I completed the double Lady Gaga this morning with a sub 40 10k tempo my first sub 40 as a 50 year old. Went well probably ran it at about 15k race pace, never went into the paincave but was a solid workout. Had a cross/headwind for 6kms too. Get home then the 20 yr old son wants to go for a run with me so back out the door
JMac - sounds brutal! It's not uncommon for me to have an elevated HR for most of the day after a big race (HM/FM) and get the sweats but not after a workout. HR might stay high for a while but I haven't seen those other symptoms. Take it easy!
Piwi - nice job, no dress-ups for you I guess haha. It was quite windy up here too. One end of the track was misery and the other end I didn't really notice it haha.
Me - early post for the weekly since I'm done already. Going to the Machine Head gig tonight, so reshuffled my training and Sunday will be a day off. It was an interesting week, mid-week I was definitely feeling the fatigue from last week's run of workouts, and I expected today's workout (4x6min hard / 2 min jog) to be really tough after 4 days straight running. Anyway the first two reps were hard and I kinda battled along, but the last two I blasted through at ~3:20/km (I did it on the track so got a bit of a speed boost from that too). Definitely feeling a few niggles - right quad has a little tight spot in it, and right post-tibial tendon has been niggly too, so for this week I'll see how I feel after taking Sun and probably also Mon off running. At 75.5km it was another solid week (now 13 straight over 75km).
JMac - I also unintentionally ended up doing 100.7km in 7 days. Since I shuffled my training this week, last Sunday to this Saturday was actually over 100km (even though both of those weeks, on the usual Monday-Sunday basis were ~75km). TBH in hindsight the same thing probably happened 3-4 weeks go when I did a similar reshuffle. Not sure if that counts as a 100km week or not.
M: weights
T: 12.4km incl. cruise intervals
W: 15.1km easy
Th: 11.5km half easy / half moderate
F: 23.4km LR
S: 13.2km incl. 4x 6 min hard / 2 min jog (avg: 3:37/km, 3:36/km, 3:21/km, 3:15/km)
S: rest/likely hangover
Total: 75.5km
3,000m: 9:07.7 (Nov-21) | 5,000m: 15:39 (Dec-19) | 10,000m: 32:34 (Mar-20)
10km: 33:15 (Sep-19) | HM: 1:09:41 (May-21)* | FM: 2:41:41 (Oct-20)
* Net downhill course
Last race: Waterfront HM, 7 Apr, 1:15:48
Up next: Runway5, 4 May
"CONSISTENCY IS KING"
I occasionally get hammered by a workout. Normally a big overheating issue which can impact sleep. Happened Tuesday night after intervals. Oddly one of the worst was 4 weeks ago after an easy paced 18km, which was two weeks post a half.
PRs: 5km 18:43 (Dec 2015), 10km 39:59 (Sep 2020), half 1:26:16 (Sep 2016), full 3:09:28 (Jun 2015)
40+ PRs: 5km 19:31 (Oct 2020), 10km 39:59 (Sep 2020), half 1:29:39 (Jun 2018), full 3:13:55 (Sep 2022)
2023 PRs (hope to beat in 2024): 5km 20:34, 10km 41:37, half 1:32:32, full 3:21:05
2024 PRs: 5km 20:25
Mark nice week and workout. Take care of those niggles. I feel like a douche cos I dont know that band but my era was the 80s
Watson i sometimes get restless legs after a race or workout where they feel uncomfortable in bed. A good foam roll seems to be the answer.
Question for the group. When i upload my runs from my tomtom watch they go into the tomtom app called Sports. The splits per km are 2 secs faster in there than on Strava. Is Strava short changing me and do any of you notice the same with your Garmin software or other brands ?
Often Strava ends up slightly shorter than Garmin. E.g. Garmin gives me 12km, Strava gives 11.9km.
Could be wrong - I think Strava always rounds down to 1 decimal place. E.g. if it is 11.99km, it will make it 11.9km.
Often Strava ends up slightly shorter than Garmin. E.g. Garmin gives me 12km, Strava gives 11.9km. Could be wrong - I think Strava always rounds down to 1 decimal place. E.g. if it is 11.99km, it will make it 11.9km.
I have the same issue regarding shorter distances....I use a Suunto Ambit3.
(I stopped thinking here!)
HM: 1:47 (9/20) I FM: 3:53:11 (9/23)
2024 Goals: run a FM & HM + stay healthy!
Strava would give a slower per km time.
12km in 60 minutes is 5:00/km
11.9km in 60 minutes is 5:03/km
Mick haha I think you got that round the wrong way
Case in point today I ran with a mate who has a new Garmin watch and when he got to 23kms i was at 22.75 ! Its bad enough that I will have to upgrade my watch at some point as it costs me 200m in a half marathon and shows everything as short courses.
My week
Weekly SummaryMonday, Jul 09, 2018 thru Sunday, Jul 15, 2018
Strava would give a slower per km time. 12km in 60 minutes is 5:00/km 11.9km in 60 minutes is 5:03/km
That sounds about right
It's hard to know with GPS on small races, as to which is right if the GPS states it's short.
Piwi - nice week.
My week was good. Best tempo of the year (again), having 8km at 4:07/km pace.
Piwi- Nice week. Strava does seem to round down fractionally sometimes, up to 100m (e.g. 11.99 or 12.00 will sometimes show as 11.9). I'm not sure if that impacts the pace cal or just the distance that Strava presents.
Watson - nice week.
Me - Glad I did my LR on Fri for two reasons.
1. It was incredibly wet here this morning and it would have been miserable to run in.
2. I had the worst hangover that I've had for probably 2 years - probably due to a combination of not drinking that much these days, and also having lost a bit of weight... I think my capacity is somewhat lower than it used to be!