Friday - Let them all talk
9.5k 42:55. HR Avg 152 Max 163 Avg Pace 4:31
Course: Work to Sydney St and Back.
Start Time: 5:15 pm Temp 24C.
Session Type: Tempo Run
Probably the first time this week, I have felt half decent starting out on a run.
Out in 21:28 (HR 146) and back in 21:27 (Hr 157). While I had no trouble keeping the pace steady, the HR is still creeping up in the second half. Ideally I would like to do the return at under HR 150. But I am seeing steady improvement in this session all the same.
I didn't take my music with me today and it is quite a novel feeling without it. About 3k from home, I was running at around HR 157 and was wondering if I was still running aerobically. In these runs I am still trying to not go over Lactate Threshold Level. The idea struck me to take the "Talk Test". Theory being if you can carry out a conversation , you will be aerobic. As I run solo, I don't actually have many conversations while running. So quickly checking that no one was approaching, I started up a conversation with myself. Found I could talk OK which was good but the content was rubbish so I after a brief debate over whether I should continue or not, it was decided I should shut up.
Course: Work to Sydney St and Back.
Start Time: 5:15 pm Temp 24C.
Session Type: Tempo Run
Probably the first time this week, I have felt half decent starting out on a run.
Out in 21:28 (HR 146) and back in 21:27 (Hr 157). While I had no trouble keeping the pace steady, the HR is still creeping up in the second half. Ideally I would like to do the return at under HR 150. But I am seeing steady improvement in this session all the same.
I didn't take my music with me today and it is quite a novel feeling without it. About 3k from home, I was running at around HR 157 and was wondering if I was still running aerobically. In these runs I am still trying to not go over Lactate Threshold Level. The idea struck me to take the "Talk Test". Theory being if you can carry out a conversation , you will be aerobic. As I run solo, I don't actually have many conversations while running. So quickly checking that no one was approaching, I started up a conversation with myself. Found I could talk OK which was good but the content was rubbish so I after a brief debate over whether I should continue or not, it was decided I should shut up.
posted by Robert Song @ 8:15 pm
6 Comments:
At Sat Feb 17, 03:25:00 pm AEST,
Tesso said…
Who won the debate?
See you at the 10 mile champs tomorrow?
At Sat Feb 17, 03:26:00 pm AEST,
Tesso said…
Oh, nice work by the way. That's a great pace for a training run.
At Sat Feb 17, 03:59:00 pm AEST,
Ewen said…
Interesting... You could have told yourself a joke, then laughed. Told the same one again, and laughed harder. What do they say about the madness of the long distance runner?
At Sat Feb 17, 10:29:00 pm AEST,
blues buffett said…
Maybe you should have a conversation with Declan McManus...
At Sun Feb 18, 04:20:00 pm AEST,
Mat said…
Great training run, both of you.
At Mon Feb 19, 07:53:00 am AEST,
Peterhorse said…
a two way conversation could be seen as a test...if there were more than that, including voices in your head.
it's always good for a faster session having company - push harder etc. :-)
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