[Left: chart from Saturday's run] Saturday I was faced with a difficult choice: where to run. My goal was to get 15 miles done, and I had originally planned on going up the Alpine Loop. However, the forecast said the lows would be around 6 Friday night up there, with it getting only into the low 20's for a high. And there was a chance of snow. I weighed going up there and staying home, and staying home won out. I ran the entire distance on the treadmill. I took it at a casual 6mph pace and did really well the first couple hours. That is when fatigue began to hit me. I could feel it in my legs and my heart rate began to rise. Overall, I was able to have a average heart rate around 139bpm, and a cadence around 80rpm. The breaks in the graph represent two bathroom stops, once when the treadmill's timer stopped at 99:59 (reset to zero), and when I slowed to 4mph to eat a Gu. Next week, I definitely want to be outdoors again.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Indoor Training
I continued this week with running on the treadmill for Tuesday and Thursday. Recovering from a cold for most the week, I didn't want to worsen it by running outside. I also took Monday, Wednesday and Friday off from training to get additional sleep.
[Left: chart from Saturday's run] Saturday I was faced with a difficult choice: where to run. My goal was to get 15 miles done, and I had originally planned on going up the Alpine Loop. However, the forecast said the lows would be around 6 Friday night up there, with it getting only into the low 20's for a high. And there was a chance of snow. I weighed going up there and staying home, and staying home won out. I ran the entire distance on the treadmill. I took it at a casual 6mph pace and did really well the first couple hours. That is when fatigue began to hit me. I could feel it in my legs and my heart rate began to rise. Overall, I was able to have a average heart rate around 139bpm, and a cadence around 80rpm. The breaks in the graph represent two bathroom stops, once when the treadmill's timer stopped at 99:59 (reset to zero), and when I slowed to 4mph to eat a Gu. Next week, I definitely want to be outdoors again.
[Left: chart from Saturday's run] Saturday I was faced with a difficult choice: where to run. My goal was to get 15 miles done, and I had originally planned on going up the Alpine Loop. However, the forecast said the lows would be around 6 Friday night up there, with it getting only into the low 20's for a high. And there was a chance of snow. I weighed going up there and staying home, and staying home won out. I ran the entire distance on the treadmill. I took it at a casual 6mph pace and did really well the first couple hours. That is when fatigue began to hit me. I could feel it in my legs and my heart rate began to rise. Overall, I was able to have a average heart rate around 139bpm, and a cadence around 80rpm. The breaks in the graph represent two bathroom stops, once when the treadmill's timer stopped at 99:59 (reset to zero), and when I slowed to 4mph to eat a Gu. Next week, I definitely want to be outdoors again.
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