So I finally completed my morning circuit. 2.3 miles took me 20 mins. Much better than I have been doing but still a long way to go. Running this route from 8.30 on a weekday is not really that good an idea though, spent a fair few minutes waiting at traffic lights.
So that's my first obstacle out the way, i have been really struggling with completing the hill around the 1.8 miles mark but persistence paid off and I got all the way up it before having to wait at the traffic lights. Even with the stopping for traffic I still did it at a much faster pace to a few weeks ago, Maybe it helped.
In other related news I am starting to climb 3 times a week and do Yoga following a youtube video twice a week. So if anyone wants to come climbing on a Saturday or Monday morning (about 11 till 2) let me know, would be great if you could join me. I will continue to climb from 2-5 on a Thursday. My post climbing training is still involving weighted pull ups, I'm currently doing 4 reps at 20kg so not even half way to the 10 i want to be doing. but am slowly getting there. I may try reducing the rest time between sets on one of my climbing days.
The plan. Well you can see the plan for Climbing above. The running plan is to do the same circuit i have been doing on a Saturday and Sunday morning and get a longer route for my Tuesday and Thursday runs, one that doesn't involve crossing large roads at rush hour.
My original training plan was for flexibility to be my focus over these last few weeks, and this ends on saturday changing to a core focused training plan. Instead I am going to be doing more Yoga for at least a few weeks, and probably a month. After that we will see where to take it.
Thursday 28 February 2013
Tuesday 19 February 2013
I'm soo unfit
Didn't really want to post more than one blog a week but wanted to write about this.
psudo science time, not sure how accurate this is, hopefully someone who knows more about it can correct it for me
So basically I've started running on a morning. Aiming for 4 times a week on a Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. I've got a short route I've been doing before breakfast. 2.3 miles, not far but its a start I guess. But now the problem and looking at ways to solve it. So Saturday, as I've posted before i ran 1.8 miles of the route. following that Sunday I did 2 miles, and I was thinking great, an improvement. This morning, same route, back to 1.8 miles. Grr. Doing cardio you'd expect it to be really working my cardio vascular Systems, But instead its lactic acid build up in my calves that seems to be the problem. I'm running slow, to the point where when i decided to stop running and walk I was running slower up Blacker road than my usual walking speed. Hills are really hard. So now to my possibly bad science Theory. My lungs and Heart aren't feeling taxed, so I must be taking in enough oxygen for what my body feels it needs. My legs are building a lot of lactic acid though, so my cells are performing anaerobic respiration. This could mean my cells don't have enough mitochondria to produce the energy, or it could mean i need better blood supply to my slow twitch muscle fibers. Or it may be none of the above.
Solving the problem. My plan is to do hill Sprints. I'm going to use a field fairly close to my house which is about 150m long and fairly steep. Running up the hill and walking down. Hopefully this will not only get me better at buffering lactic acid, but faster at running as well.
Feel free to comment either on here or on facebook if you have any better ways of doing this.
psudo science time, not sure how accurate this is, hopefully someone who knows more about it can correct it for me
So basically I've started running on a morning. Aiming for 4 times a week on a Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. I've got a short route I've been doing before breakfast. 2.3 miles, not far but its a start I guess. But now the problem and looking at ways to solve it. So Saturday, as I've posted before i ran 1.8 miles of the route. following that Sunday I did 2 miles, and I was thinking great, an improvement. This morning, same route, back to 1.8 miles. Grr. Doing cardio you'd expect it to be really working my cardio vascular Systems, But instead its lactic acid build up in my calves that seems to be the problem. I'm running slow, to the point where when i decided to stop running and walk I was running slower up Blacker road than my usual walking speed. Hills are really hard. So now to my possibly bad science Theory. My lungs and Heart aren't feeling taxed, so I must be taking in enough oxygen for what my body feels it needs. My legs are building a lot of lactic acid though, so my cells are performing anaerobic respiration. This could mean my cells don't have enough mitochondria to produce the energy, or it could mean i need better blood supply to my slow twitch muscle fibers. Or it may be none of the above.
Solving the problem. My plan is to do hill Sprints. I'm going to use a field fairly close to my house which is about 150m long and fairly steep. Running up the hill and walking down. Hopefully this will not only get me better at buffering lactic acid, but faster at running as well.
Feel free to comment either on here or on facebook if you have any better ways of doing this.
Saturday 16 February 2013
Guess Who's Back
Erg, Hate been ill
Hey Guys, not posted in a while because I've not been training. Had a really bad week of just feeling blerg, but Thursday i felt kinda better and went climbing again. Did some really fun routes, some involving leaping across a room and many just focusing entirely on upper body strength over actual climbing skill.
BIG NEWS
I actually went running.
I Know Right.
And the best thing is I actually Enjoyed it. Ok so i'm still rubbish and only managed 1.6 Miles, but that's 1/4 of the distance i'm needing to do for Total Warrior. I made sure I included the steepest hill near me so this hopefully makes things better.
Including the slow walk back home after the 1.6 miles I spent 30 mins on the road, so was probably running for about 20 mins so will have been averaging 4.8 mph, wow i can walk at that speed. that's slower than a 12 minute mile.
My feeling after my run, Great, my calves were hurting running up the steep hill which in the end caused me to stop, and part way round i had slight discomfort in what seemed like the right part of my diaphragm. But that soon faded and other than that i had no breathing trouble and my heart didn't seem to be beating very hard
In a few weeks i may even put a battery into my heart rate monitor and really start to see where I stand, but for now i'll stick to enjoying the roads.
Till next time
Matt. x
UPDATE
so i just went back onto google maps and it was 1.8 miles not 1.6
again estimating it took 20 mins that would mean im 5.4 mph and a 11 min mile :) happier now
Hey Guys, not posted in a while because I've not been training. Had a really bad week of just feeling blerg, but Thursday i felt kinda better and went climbing again. Did some really fun routes, some involving leaping across a room and many just focusing entirely on upper body strength over actual climbing skill.
BIG NEWS
I actually went running.
I Know Right.
And the best thing is I actually Enjoyed it. Ok so i'm still rubbish and only managed 1.6 Miles, but that's 1/4 of the distance i'm needing to do for Total Warrior. I made sure I included the steepest hill near me so this hopefully makes things better.
Including the slow walk back home after the 1.6 miles I spent 30 mins on the road, so was probably running for about 20 mins so will have been averaging 4.8 mph, wow i can walk at that speed. that's slower than a 12 minute mile.
My feeling after my run, Great, my calves were hurting running up the steep hill which in the end caused me to stop, and part way round i had slight discomfort in what seemed like the right part of my diaphragm. But that soon faded and other than that i had no breathing trouble and my heart didn't seem to be beating very hard
In a few weeks i may even put a battery into my heart rate monitor and really start to see where I stand, but for now i'll stick to enjoying the roads.
Till next time
Matt. x
UPDATE
so i just went back onto google maps and it was 1.8 miles not 1.6
again estimating it took 20 mins that would mean im 5.4 mph and a 11 min mile :) happier now
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