So this is it, Earth 2009. Dates really are starting to sound very sci-fi. And although I'm not wearing a skin tight suit (only when running), or flying to work in my own personal hovercraft, some things really have moved on. I now have a highly complex heart rate monitor to give me a scientific approach to my running (Thanks secret santa !).
I will now be training in "zones" where I will set a target heart rate for each training session, so that I can make sure I am putting in enough (or not too much) effort. In this way, a lot of my training will be at a relatively low level, to improve my bodies fat buring metabolism, and some will be shorter and sharper, to increase my speed. After each session I can download the results to my computer.
Before I could embark on this training I had to determine my maximum Heart Rate, so I could work out my "zones", each zone being a percentage of Max Hr !
So I ran for 30 minutes then ramped up steadily to a fairly high pace. I then sprinted up a pretty steep cornish hill in faster and longer bursts until I was physically at my limit. Legs burning, breathing almost uncontrolled after stopping. Unable to continue running afterwards for some time. A maximal effort. My 'MaxHr' was 180bpm.
I shall be doing lots of training at 60-75% of that.
Oh and I've got a Gym ball, for core stability exercises. Although the exercises look like I'm preparing to have a baby. Hmm.
3 weeks to Portland !
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