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Sub 1:50 is a really nice milestone to pass for 10k. And on a bad day... Great effort! 10k PB - 36:39 (-12'') Haven't done much work at this pace lately, and didn't feel really good today, so I'm pretty pleased with this effort. Goal was 36:40, and on a better day I'm sure I can go sub 36:30. 30' co...

12k today. 49:26
I know the distance kind of does not count. But it is my standard longer distance row. Today I felt like pushing it and I did end up with a little faster pace tan my best 10k.

On the plan was a L2 session (3k,2.5k,2k) but it felt right to try to go strong for longer. Went for that odd 6k and aimed for 3x2k at sub 7min stitched together. Pleased to have made it as it knocked just over a minute off my previous PB. Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M 20:57.5 6,000m 1:44.7 304...

Did you do any faster stuff as part of your warm up? A couple of 30 second bursts at race rate make all the difference for me - otherwise it's too much of a jump to get to 30+ spm. That is good advice. I always make a few faster portions part of the warmup. But not specifically high rate, just pull...

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January 21st, 2021, 1:57 pm

Well done Stefan. If it never felt really bad, you have definitely got quite a lot more to chip off.

Thank you all. And yes you are right, if putting the handle down does not even cross ones mind, it is possible to go faster.

Just came in after a 2k test out on the terras. I have had a pretty good training period of long slow stuff and a recent 5X2k told me I should take some seconds of my 2k. So after 2,5k warmup I did 7:33,6 which is a 9s improvement, the spits were: 1:54 - 1:54 - 1:54 - 1:51 It never felt really diffi...

Congratulations and based on that last 500, I can imagine getting out of breath! Very well done to last the distance! aiming at 2:04 (50 %ile), but was a bit better than expected. Had to put the hammer down to get under 8' in the end, and was gasping like a landed fish for a few minutes afterwards. ...

I am glad to see the (very slight) heartbeat variation, it means you are alive. 8 x 500 at 5’ starts. Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M 13:01.9 4,000m 1:37.7 375 1590 31 160 1:38.0 500m 1:38.0 372 1579 32 155 1:38.0 500m 1:38.0 372 1579 31 157 1:38.0 500m 1:38.0 372 1579 31 160 1:38.0 500m 1:38.0 37...

Did some 100 m sprints after my slow 12k today. Idea is to get stronger. Fastest 100 m was 19,5, kind of fun addition on to a session.

The first HM, felt tougher than expected, so I did the right thing and did another one. After yesterday's HD I couldn't have another one, so even when it was slapping me round the face with 5k to go (37k in total), I had to suck it up. That is a lot of time under pressure, especially if the first H...

I hate low rate work. To rate at 20, it feels sooo artificial to make the recovery so slow or sit and wait at the catch. Also, it seems my back do not really like it, I certainly do it wrong. I will try the short additional sprints though. Sounds fun :-) 7.40 should really not be a problem, 7.30 loo...

Thanks Sture and Max, I guess sub 7:40 is quite doable. Problem is I do feel “weak” and that is not getting better. Doing 1:45 speed is were difficult, It feels like I have a very narrow useful speed range. 1:45 - 2:12 is kind of all there is. I have mostly been doing medium effort 10 or 12 k lately...

I have mostly been doing medium effort 10 or 12 k lately. Today is the first day of our new lockdown in Portugal, so I decided to spice it up a bit with an interval. 5 x 2000, R 4:00 8:22 warm up 7:58 7:57 7:56 7:54 600 m warm down This was hard but absolutely not all out. Felt good erging on the te...

That is really fast, you are getting good :-) plenty of upside considering the short time you have been working on it. You can obviously take a pretty big chunk off your 2k any time you like now. 49 seconds off my 5k - 17.17.7 I'm very pleased with that - my target was 17:30. Splits were as follows:...

14k - 59:13 - 2:06,9
Adding a bit to the holliday challenge. This feels just great but I am concerned that I let my long, slow sessions go a bit to fast. It does feel comfortable but one minute faster would be very hard.