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Oct 2007
3:54pm, 26 Oct 2007
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Went for a bike ride today - 23 miles - av 62%WHR. Since I live up a rather big hill this means most of the uphill was on the way back. I slowed down far more than I should have in the second half of the ride - and my HR kept falling too. I assume this means my leg strength is poor (for biking) and my endurance is rubbish (not really a surprise given the training I've missed).

Anyway it was an average of 11.6mph :-( I may have been on the MTB but that's no excuse. HR was a fraction over 70% WHR for the first quarter of the ride and kept going down after that - despite the hills on the way home. If I do a sprint triathalon next year then I have a *huge* amount of work to do first.

On the plus side I know how long it takes to ride to the local pool now :-)
Pammie
Pammie
Oct 2007
6:47pm, 26 Oct 2007
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Pammie
5km race in Hyde Park today
1 mile warm up

Then 5km @ 167 avg HR Thats 83% WHR just a little shy from 85% (170) though last 3km were at 85%
26;03 interesting 11 seconds slower than my seasons best set in August. But have done no formal speedwork in a long time concentrating on racking up the miles with only a once weekly fartlek session (2 weeks). So overall i'm happy
Mykey
Mykey
Oct 2007
7:26pm, 26 Oct 2007
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Mykey
Good result Pam...I think Parker suggests 90% for a 5k though so you obviously weren't trying hard enough ;-)
Oct 2007
7:30pm, 26 Oct 2007
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Ahem, this isn't soley a Parker Method thread you know. :-)

83% is good enough Pammie, just so long as you worked hard and you certainly did! :-)

Lucky, stand up for the whole ride, that'll get you working! :-)

I didn't run today but yesterday I did a steady 5 miles or so without the HRM but I was on one inhale/exhale for four steps so it was a good enough recovery run...
Oct 2007
7:41pm, 26 Oct 2007
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Very good Pammie :-)

IanM - very true! But a bit beyond my leg at the moment - standing hurts it more in the following days if I do too much :-(
Pammie
Pammie
Oct 2007
7:45pm, 26 Oct 2007
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Thank you guys. Mykey joking aside you are right i'm not as fit as i was as previously (2005) my 5k times i'd probably got to mid 90s but that was MHR so just bordering on 90. So i guess i have room for improvement
Oct 2007
7:45pm, 26 Oct 2007
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Lucky,

I'm sorry, I was not being 100% serious in my earlier post.

You got out and did something, that's what counts. Little by little your strength will return, just don't over do it. :-)
Oct 2007
11:54pm, 26 Oct 2007
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Another great run today. My pace continues to fall for my sub 70% runs, which is really inspiring. Bit like keep getting PBs! Now down to 11:13 pace. I'm catching you up Girlie!
Oct 2007
11:57pm, 26 Oct 2007
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Good work Scuba! :-)
kstuart
kstuart
Oct 2007
12:16am, 27 Oct 2007
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i'm starting in on this too although i do have a busy race schedule still but i do intend to plod some of those at a lazy pace and this will keep me slow in them

is the consensus here to use WHR's rather than MHR %'s??

just that on RW it seems to be MHR's

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Everything you need to know about training with a heart rate monitor. Remember the motto "I can maintain a fast pace over the race distance because I am an Endurance God". Mind the trap door....

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"The area between the top of the aerobic threshold and anaerobic threshold is somewhat of a no mans land of fitness. It is a mix of aerobic and anaerobic states. For the amount of effort the athlete puts forth, not a whole lot of fitness is produced. It does not train the aerobic or anaerobic energy system to a high degree. This area does have its place in training; it is just not in base season. Unfortunately this area is where I find a lot of athletes spending the majority of their seasons, which retards aerobic development. The athletes heart rate shoots up to this zone with little power or speed being produced when it gets there." Matt Russ, US International Coach
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