The workout thread
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Part of it is, yeah.
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@jon-nyc said in The workout thread:
@Aqua-Letifer said in The workout thread:
The purple line is where I started at a month ago. This is FitBit's "cardio fitness score," not heart rate.
Mine says ‘very good to excellent’ but basically the same numerical range as yours. I guess it’s age related.
That is VO2max. There are charts by age you can google. Mine says it puts me at the age of a 20 year old. Really low resting heart rate too. I had a vascular study of my carotid, heart and leg veins via ultrasound after a friend in shape died of a stroke in his sleep. Probably worth it as you age.
VO2 max is considered the best measurement of aerobic fitness.
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@Optimistic said in The workout thread:
@Rich
That´s awesome, Rich! Great pace.Were you registered for any spring races? I have a coworker who was registered for the Tokyo marathon, which of course was cancelled.
I´m not a marathon person, but I was signed up for a half marathon in May in St. Michael´s, MD--flattest Half on the East Coast
Registration will defer to next year.I had a couple 5k's on my mind, but was really only committed to pacing the 2hour group again at a local half. After that, the plan plan was get ready for a 20K in August, and use that to base marathon training off of. (something mid-October)
I'm sure your friend was disappointed about Tokyo. From what I understand, they're allowing people who were registered, to register (and pay) again next year, without having to go through the lottery process. They ran the race--but only for elites.
So if the half in St Michael's is allowing you to simply defer--you're fortunate!
Cool to see you're still running. Around here, the rail-trails have gotten so crowded, and the streets so quiet, I've switched to almost entirely roads.
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@Loki said in The workout thread:
@Optimistic said in The workout thread:
@Rich
That´s awesome, Rich! Great pace.Were you registered for any spring races? I have a coworker who was registered for the Tokyo marathon, which of course was cancelled.
I´m not a marathon person, but I was signed up for a half marathon in May in St. Michael´s, MD--flattest Half on the East Coast
Registration will defer to next year.Yeah a 7:24 pace for a casual long run is killer. Anybody doing that could qualify for Boston with a good training program.
Truthfully, I definitely run my long runs harder than I need to....and though it feels comfortable, probably harder than I should.
If you have a source for good training plans--I'm all ears!
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@Rich that is a fantastic time for such a long run. I wish I could do that. If I'd run with that tempo, the run would be over for me after a single mile. Running a half-marathon is low-key on my agenda, but I wouldn't even dream of something faster than 2h. I'm surprised, though, that you burned only 1349 Cal. You must have a rather low body weight.
I sent you a follow request on Strava.
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@Rich
Yes, I was a little surprised the defer option was offered--and very thankful! They are also offering the option to run the race virtually and send you all the swag you would have gotten this year, but I wasn´t really feeling that option.I bet switching to roads has helped you with your faster pace. I love the trail running, but it definitely encourages a much more leisurely pace as you jump over roots and and logs and such.
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So I have 3 pulse/Ox devices at home; 1 for me, 1 I'm mailing to my folks, 1 as a bonus they mailed me by mistake. I used all 3 to compare against the FitBit. Turns out the latter under-reports somewhat, especially with higher numbers; it was off by about 10bpm when I was closer to a maximum. The 3 pulse/Ox devices were all consistent. So looks like I'm at about 170 instead of 165.
Either way I don't much care. The actual numbers don't matter to me. I'm just trying to get them to increase.
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I haven't taken part in any sports in years, to be honest.
I used to play baseball back in high school during the 1990's. I was terrible at it.
I don't have any talent for football and basketball either.
And my tennis and bowling skills are nothing special at best.
lol
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That looks pretty sweet, @Aqua-Letifer .
I bought a power meter today.
Massive amount of useless graphs about mediocre cycling upcoming!
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@mark : 4iiii Precision Power Meter.
https://shop.4iiii.com/collections/power-meters/products/precision-factory-installThere was an offer to grab one for 250 Euro. I couldn't resist anymore.
It's a 105 crank. I have an Ultegra groupset, but the Ultegra one would have been 100 Euros more and the only difference is 3 grams of weight or something.
Can't wait to try it. I love data.
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Nice, Klaus! Do you always ride the same route, or do you tend to tool around?
I'm learning more about jump-rope shit. Different routines work different muscles, which only interests me insofar as I can cycle through them without stopping. I can already go about six times longer than I could a month ago, but it's my legs holding me back now. Learning how to fix that.
Please love yourself.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in The workout thread:
Do you always ride the same route, or do you tend to tool around?
I have a kind of "default" route that takes about 75min. The nice thing about driving the same route often is that you have a benchmark to compare with. (That said, with a powermeter it should be easier to compare efforts across different routes).
But when I have more time, I often pick new and longer routes. I often pick routes from Komoot. If it weren't for Corona, I'd also ride with a couple of other guys every few weeks.
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Another short test ride from this evening. My goal was to keep an average above 230W.
It's really rather different to train with a power meter.
It's like having a slave driver who permanently whips you whenever you taper off with your power. I like it.
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@Klaus said in The workout thread:
Sounds pretty cool. I still haven't made any progress on my jump-rope, sadly. Maybe I'm just too clumsy.
@Klaus Nonsense, my friend! You can be an oafish, goofy white guy and still make it work for you. Observe:
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