What Training Have You Done Today?

[Dangerscouse]

lift
4k UT2
6k UT1
4k AT
1500m TR
5k UT2

Killed most of the wasps, and bought one of those fly bags which has decimated that unsavory population. This seemingly caused an ecological vacuum - now there are horseflies and I was bitten several times after foolishly opening the garage door to get some fresh air.

Was the rowing continuous, or were there rest periods? Horseflies bites are horrible, I'm glad I just have to contend with occasional midges and mosies

[Dangerscouse]

Thought I'd have a go at the TOC this evening.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
21:00.0 5,660 1:51.3 254 1173 28 148
1:00.0 281 1:46.7 288 1289 31 136
r: 1:30 17
9:00.0 2,424 1:51.3 253 1171 28 149
r: 2:00 12
7:00.0 1,868 1:52.4 246 1147 26 153
r: 2:00 14
4:00.0 1,086 1:50.4 259 1192 28 157
r43

Evil session.

Yeah, it definitely catches you out if you're not careful

[Ruin Christmas]

Was the rowing continuous, or were there rest periods?

No there were breaks. Usually i stand up, get a drink of water, program the next piece then sit back down and start when my HR is 120 or less (which it usually is already). So maybe 2 minutes?

However sometimes I may have to pee, refill water, or yell at my kids so then the break might be up to 5 minutes.

Horseflies bites are horrible. I'm glad I just have to contend with occasional midges and mosies

Yeah, one on my leg from last week is still welted up and I'm putting disinfectant on it daily. I'm also probably one of the few who has had a row interrupted by a chicken wandering into the gym.

However i still count myself fortunate to have my own place to exercise, and the time and good health to do so, as well as encouragement from RL people and online guys here.

[Ruin Christmas]

lift 45 minutes
eat 7 pieces of Pizza Hut, 5 breadsticks, 2 helpings of spaghetti with meat sauce
I usually eat healthy 1 meal and one shake a day, and my wife does not keep junk food in the house, so when I get access to it, I wolf it down like an idiotic dog, no, worse than a dog at least a dog has the sense not to exercise immediately afterwards.
immediately afterwards
5k UT2
8k UT1
AT (Almost Threw up)
800m TR
500m TR
6k UT2 at like 3:00 pace df 180, smashing the handle into my distended abdomen to punish myself for my foolishness

[Dangerscouse]

1:10:13.2 18,008 1:56.9 219 1052 24 137
11:42.7 3,000 1:57.1 218 1049 25 130
11:36.9 6,000 1:56.1 223 1068 25 134
11:37.9 9,000 1:56.3 222 1065 25 140
11:39.8 12,000 1:56.6 221 1059 25 140
11:48.1 15,000 1:58.0 213 1032 24 140
11:45.5 18,000 1:57.5 215 1040 24 143
0:02.3 18,008 2:23.7 118 705 0 143

I'm always a bit jaded after a night away with work (too much booze, too much food, a too late night) so this was too optimistic to manage a HM.

[alex9026]

1:10:13.2 18,008 1:56.9 219 1052 24 137
11:42.7 3,000 1:57.1 218 1049 25 130
11:36.9 6,000 1:56.1 223 1068 25 134
11:37.9 9,000 1:56.3 222 1065 25 140
11:39.8 12,000 1:56.6 221 1059 25 140
11:48.1 15,000 1:58.0 213 1032 24 140
11:45.5 18,000 1:57.5 215 1040 24 143
0:02.3 18,008 2:23.7 118 705 0 143

I'm always a bit jaded after a night away with work (too much booze, too much food, a too late night) so this was too optimistic to manage a HM.

Looks like a good session to me. You summed up my late teens/early 20's wasted athletic prospects in your opening sentence there

[alex9026]

26:38.1 8,000 1:39.8 351 1508 27
2:41.9 800 1:41.1 338 1462 27
2:41.4 800 1:40.8 341 1473 26
2:40.5 800 1:40.3 347 1493 26
2:41.0 800 1:40.6 344 1482 26
2:40.9 800 1:40.5 344 1484 26
2:40.7 800 1:40.4 345 1488 26
2:40.7 800 1:40.4 345 1488 27
2:39.2 800 1:39.5 355 1522 28
2:39.2 800 1:39.5 355 1522 27
2:32.5 800 1:35.3 404 1691 32

10x800/2:30. Some good mid distance pace at a tad higher rating than I'm comfortable with. I think I'm knocking on the door of sub 6:20 2k with a little sharpening up, so pushed the needle on the last piece to get a feel of 1:35, when I really didn't want to be pulling 1:35...

[MPx]

I think I'm knocking on the door of sub 6:20 2k...

With a 1:35 800 after 7 at 1:40 I'd say more than knocking on the door - more ready to breeze through it. I'll look forward to seeing it very soon.

[nick rockliff]

26:38.1 8,000 1:39.8 351 1508 27
2:41.9 800 1:41.1 338 1462 27
2:41.4 800 1:40.8 341 1473 26
2:40.5 800 1:40.3 347 1493 26
2:41.0 800 1:40.6 344 1482 26
2:40.9 800 1:40.5 344 1484 26
2:40.7 800 1:40.4 345 1488 26
2:40.7 800 1:40.4 345 1488 27
2:39.2 800 1:39.5 355 1522 28
2:39.2 800 1:39.5 355 1522 27
2:32.5 800 1:35.3 404 1691 32

10x800/2:30. Some good mid distance pace at a tad higher rating than I'm comfortable with. I think I'm knocking on the door of sub 6:20 2k with a little sharpening up, so pushed the needle on the last piece to get a feel of 1:35, when I really didn't want to be pulling 1:35...

Good session and just down to as to when you get to 6.20.

When l was at 6.20 for 2k my 5k was 16.46 just for context

[jcross485]

A bit of last minute travel for work this week.

Really good sessions at home on Tues and Wed but then an all day travel day (left my house at 3a, got to my hotel where I am staying at 7p) Thurs had me with a day off. On Fri, I had some work appts to make but was able to get in 2 hours of quality work in the hotel fitness center.

What I was very happy with during this session was that, once my HR got settled into Z2 right around 140bpm, it just stayed there the whole time with minor fluctuations up and down but it held pretty darn steady for 2 hours.

50 rounds of 5 pull-ups, 10 push-ups, 15 walking lunges (per leg).

Total volume: 250 pull-ups, 500 push-ups, 750 walking lunges (per leg).

It worked out to be a tad over a mile of lunging when all was said and done.

Sat is a full blown travel day to get back home so training may be missed again, hence why I did so much work on Fri, but if I can squeeze something in first thing in the morning before flying home or at night once I get home I will.

[Dangerscouse]

26:38.1 8,000 1:39.8 351 1508 27
2:41.9 800 1:41.1 338 1462 27
2:41.4 800 1:40.8 341 1473 26
2:40.5 800 1:40.3 347 1493 26
2:41.0 800 1:40.6 344 1482 26
2:40.9 800 1:40.5 344 1484 26
2:40.7 800 1:40.4 345 1488 26
2:40.7 800 1:40.4 345 1488 27
2:39.2 800 1:39.5 355 1522 28
2:39.2 800 1:39.5 355 1522 27
2:32.5 800 1:35.3 404 1691 32

10x800/2:30. Some good mid distance pace at a tad higher rating than I'm comfortable with. I think I'm knocking on the door of sub 6:20 2k with a little sharpening up, so pushed the needle on the last piece to get a feel of 1:35, when I really didn't want to be pulling 1:35...

Very good session. Just what you need to prove to yourself you're capable.

[Dangerscouse]

You summed up my late teens/early 20's wasted athletic prospects in your opening sentence there

That sums up my late teens / 20s / 30s and early 40s

I'd love to know how things would turned out if I'd been more dedicated. Probably not significantly better, but it definitely would have been better.

[Dangerscouse]

Last night I had a plan to do the Team Oarsome monthly challenge (1 min; 9 mins; 7 mins; 4 mins and circa 2 mins rest), but it just wasn't happening this morning. I had to peel myself out of bed, so it was a fair warning.

I just did my warm up session and called it a day

Intervals
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
31:06.9 8,000 1:56.6 220 1058 24 130
4:19.2 1,000 2:09.6 161 853 20 108
r: 0:19 11
3:57.9 1,000 1:58.9 208 1015 25 123
r: 0:31 9
3:50.4 1,000 1:55.2 229 1087 25 131
r: 0:45 15
3:51.0 1,000 1:55.5 227 1081 25 133
r: 0:44 12
3:49.1 1,000 1:54.5 233 1101 25 135
r: 0:53 14
3:49.5 1,000 1:54.7 232 1097 25 136
r: 0:51 18
3:47.8 1,000 1:53.9 237 1115 25 140
r: 0:53 18
3:42.1 1,000 1:51.0 256 1179 26 145
r: 0:56 26
r123

[alex9026]

When l was at 6.20 for 2k my 5k was 16.46 just for context

That doesn't make me feel better about my prospects

With a 1:35 800 after 7 at 1:40 I'd say more than knocking on the door - more ready to breeze through it. I'll look forward to seeing it very soon.

Thanks Mike, will likely do it on a whim sometime this month. I'd like an early Indoors marker, which will soon come round.

[alex9026]

I'd love to know how things would turned out if I'd been more dedicated. Probably not significantly better, but it definitely would have been better.

Ha, I got my act together by my late 20's (mostly) and did start to prioritise my training/racing a bit more, but I was up against it. I'm probably back on a level playing field now though, the beauty of age groups..

Last night I had a plan to do the Team Oarsome monthly challenge (1 min; 9 mins; 7 mins; 4 mins and circa 2 mins rest), but it just wasn't happening this morning. I had to peel myself out of bed, so it was a fair warning.

Need the stars to align for this one, looks a tough piece.