Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Wednesday 28 July: Aerobic Conditioning


The Sydney Marathon has now been postponed until 8 November that clashes with the postponed date for the Canberra Marathon and it is possible neither will be held. The Melbourne Marathon organiser still tease us with it being held on the scheduled date of the 4 October. With the way Victoria is at the moment with Covid19 that seems very hopeful.

So my Program was designed with peaking on the 20 September for the Sydney Marathon. So what do I do? I really have no choice but to extend the Aerobic Conditioning part of it and focus on the 8 November with the possibility of 4 October. Extending the Aerobic Conditioning in no problem the issue is when to start the hill & speed training as that should only last for 3/4 weeks with a 2/3 week taper. 

It is really difficult and not wise to extend the hill & speed training, So for the moment I will put off the decision when to start that 6/7 week special block of sessions. 

I did not run in Tuesday as with extending the Aerobic Conditioning I can take a day of complete rest as recovery.

Today the program was 

Name: Aerobic Run
Description: Lydiard Phase: Aerobic Conditioning
Workout Priority: 3
Heart Rate Min/Max: 113 - 130

Run 1:46:00 at 6:07 /km pace. You should complete about 17.2 kilometers.

If you want to adjust your workout, use the following distance, duration and pace guidelines:

Distance range: 13.5 km - 20.1 km
Duration range: 1:31:00 - 1:58:00
Pace range: 6:41 /km - 5:48 /km

Workout Goal: Aerobic Endurance/Recovery
Planned Distance: 17.20 km  Planned Time: 1:46:00 @ 6.07
Completed: 17.2k in 1.37.48 @ 5.41
Qu;cker than the suggested quickest at 5.48 but that is okay
HR way over 135 average 148 max
I was happy with the pacing in that each 5k got quicker. So 29.50, 28.30 and 27.33 and whatever the last 2.2k was

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