The workout thread

[Rich]

Ha, says the guy who rode 150 miles last week!

Garmin was being held up by some ransomware attack, and I was too lazy to manually upload, so several days worth just went up at once.

But yeah, the general pattern is:
Monday--10/11 miles at 'whatever'
Tuesday--Track workout. (between warm up/cool down, active recovery and actual "work" ends up being 10-12 miles total)
Wednesday--Easy 6 or so
Thursday--A fairly 'zippy' 10/11 miles
Friday--Easy 6 or so
Saturday--14+ w/group
Sunday--10 to 15

There's generally 18-25 miles of running w/the Mrs in there also. Sometimes it's in addition to the above, or we use her run as my recovery run. Ends up being around 70 miles per week.

I'm not really sure how well how this would line up with any particular race plan, but for now I'm having fun.

Are you trying to get back into some running? Or have you been running all along, but you don't (gasp!) post it on Strava?

[Doctor Phibes]

@Klaus said in The workout thread:

I don't really care for the "social" aspect of Zwift. I don't want to race. I want to do structured training.

Remind me again, Klaus, what nationality are you?

[Klaus]

@Rich said in The workout thread:

Or have you been running all along, but you don't (gasp!) post it on Strava?

Oh, rest assured that if I could run like you do I'd post it everywhere!

I suck at running. On a good day I can run 6-7 miles, but I need an hour for that and then I'm done for the rest of the day.

The good thing about cycling is that I can do it way longer. I can control the intensity. With running, one can run slower, but even at a slow pace it's too exhausting for me to do it for hours. Last Saturday I burned 2000kcal on a group ride. Couldn't do that with running.

In the long term, I'm also a little worried that running wouldn't be good for joints etc., but I hear rather conflicting things about that issue.

[jon-nyc]

@Doctor-Phibes said in The workout thread:

@Klaus said in The workout thread:

I don't really care for the "social" aspect of Zwift. I don't want to race. I want to do structured training.

Remind me again, Klaus, what nationality are you?

Lol

[taiwan_girl]

@Klaus said in The workout thread:

Yes, I'm using Zwift right now

How do you like Zwift? The reason I am ask is that the CEO mentioned that they may come out with something for rowing. I have a rower (Concept 2) and might be interested if the Zwift is good. Do you buy it once or pay each month?

[Klaus]

You have to pay every month. It’s expensive.

[Klaus]

@mark said in The workout thread:

I am going to do this humble route every day, for a week. Then bump it up to 10 miles maybe 15 depending on how a feel for q week. I will be back doing 20-30 miles a day in a month or less.

Hey @mark , how's the cycling plan proceeding?

[mark]

@Klaus said in The workout thread:

@mark said in The workout thread:

I am going to do this humble route every day, for a week. Then bump it up to 10 miles maybe 15 depending on how a feel for q week. I will be back doing 20-30 miles a day in a month or less.

Hey @mark , how's the cycling plan proceeding?

It hasn't. I have been super busy with our new contract.

[Aqua Letifer]

3.5 miles today, then got dumped on so I stopped. I'm up to 6 daily, though, and am breaking through to a 10' average mile time.

[Klaus]

@Aqua-Letifer average speed?

[Aqua Letifer]

@Klaus said in The workout thread:

@Aqua-Letifer average speed?

I'm at 10' miles now for 5-6 miles, as of the past 3 or so days. I'm not burning up the track but whatever.

[Horace]

@Klaus said in The workout thread:

@Aqua-Letifer average speed?

Nah, way below average.

[taiwan_girl]

@Aqua-Letifer said in The workout thread:

I'm at 10' miles now for 5-6 miles, as of the past 3 or so days

That is awesome!! Keep the good work!!

[Klaus]

@Aqua-Letifer said in The workout thread:

@Klaus said in The workout thread:

@Aqua-Letifer average speed?

I'm at 10' miles now for 5-6 miles, as of the past 3 or so days. I'm not burning up the track but whatever.

Nice! That’s around my max speed.

[Aqua Letifer]

Got 7 miles today. Slow avg pace—12 minute mile or so.

[Loki]

@Aqua-Letifer said in The workout thread:

Got 7 miles today. Slow avg pace—12 minute mile or so.

Swamp running is worth 1.5x

[Aqua Letifer]

@Loki said in The workout thread:

@Aqua-Letifer said in The workout thread:

Got 7 miles today. Slow avg pace—12 minute mile or so.

Swamp running is worth 1.5x

And holy CRAP was it that today. Not only with the heat and humidity, I mean it literally: the football field I use as an emergency cut-through sometimes was flooded. My shoes were fully soaked when I got back. Flies, gnats, mosquitos everyplace.

It's been so rare that I've had even decent running conditions that I don't even care anymore. I just expect it to be disgusting.

[Loki]

@Aqua-Letifer said in The workout thread:

@Loki said in The workout thread:

@Aqua-Letifer said in The workout thread:

Got 7 miles today. Slow avg pace—12 minute mile or so.

Swamp running is worth 1.5x

And holy CRAP was it that today. Not only with the heat and humidity, I mean it literally: the football field I use as an emergency cut-through sometimes was flooded. My shoes were fully soaked when I got back. Flies, gnats, mosquitos everyplace.

It's been so rare that I've had even decent running conditions that I don't even care anymore. I just expect it to be disgusting.

Yeah it has been the worst summer in memory for dew point. Consistently over 70 and that is every bit as bad as high temperature. You are not imagining things. Next week looks awesome, don’t miss it.

[Catseye3]

For those interested in how many steps per day they accrue, here is a conversion chart that converts various activities into equivalent numbers of steps.

For instance, chopping wood for 15 minutes is the same as walking 1995 steps.

https://www.pehp.org/mango/pdf/pehp/pdc/step conversion chart_FFB805BB.pdf

[Klaus]

Did some lifting in a hotel gym and ended up with a severe acute lumbago. This morning I needed help to even get out of the bed. Damn.