I missed running on Saturday (driving about getting a new dog) but I had an opportunity to run this evening - which I took. I planned to run a C25K W2D2 workout (90 sec run + 2 min walk) but partway through the first run segment I decided I could run for 3 minutes and walk for 90 seconds. And that's what I did.
If you are starting running for the first time do not follow my example. More experienced runners may prefer another method that I use which is to just run the first day of each week's workout. When you encounter a run that you deem "hard", then use that week as your starting point / base.
I am working through C25K for the third time in 4 years. I've complete a marathon and was more than 1/2 way through training for my second marathon when my problems this year shutdown my training. I'm pretty familiar with my body and what it can do.
I found my heart rate monitor strap and replaced the battery but it wasn't taking accurate readings. I'm pretty sure the problem was that I didn't get hot enough to generate enough sweat to propagate the electrical signals that it uses.
Despite that bit of bragging, there is a very steep and long hill that took almost the entire 3 minutes to climb during my run. By the time I got to the top, I began getting the early signs of blacking out (I began losing color vision but hadn't started getting any tunnel vision). However, at the point that I was losing color vision, my heart rate registered at 185 (extremely high for me).
I probably over did it and will decrease the work out to the standard W3 workout for my next run.
Summary
Workout was:
5 min walk
stretch
4x(3 min run + 90 sec walk)
3 min run
5 min walk
stretch
2.4 miles in 31 minutes. Max heart rate 185 bpm (questionable). Average heart rate 160 bpm (questionable)
If you are starting running for the first time do not follow my example. More experienced runners may prefer another method that I use which is to just run the first day of each week's workout. When you encounter a run that you deem "hard", then use that week as your starting point / base.
I am working through C25K for the third time in 4 years. I've complete a marathon and was more than 1/2 way through training for my second marathon when my problems this year shutdown my training. I'm pretty familiar with my body and what it can do.
I found my heart rate monitor strap and replaced the battery but it wasn't taking accurate readings. I'm pretty sure the problem was that I didn't get hot enough to generate enough sweat to propagate the electrical signals that it uses.
Despite that bit of bragging, there is a very steep and long hill that took almost the entire 3 minutes to climb during my run. By the time I got to the top, I began getting the early signs of blacking out (I began losing color vision but hadn't started getting any tunnel vision). However, at the point that I was losing color vision, my heart rate registered at 185 (extremely high for me).
I probably over did it and will decrease the work out to the standard W3 workout for my next run.
Summary
Workout was:
5 min walk
stretch
4x(3 min run + 90 sec walk)
3 min run
5 min walk
stretch
2.4 miles in 31 minutes. Max heart rate 185 bpm (questionable). Average heart rate 160 bpm (questionable)
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