Been a bit slow with updates this week I'm afraid - lots on - but also not loads to report because it's been my 'work' week.
Although the weather was great on my two training days - Wednesday and Thursday - I didn't get as much done as I would have liked, because I spent much of the time getting my car fixed as it had failed to start on Monday. I ended up doing an hour on the turbo on Wednesday evening, at Endurance heart rate, and then some laps of Richmond Park on Thursday. Unfortunately, I haven't got the stats for these, because I left my Garmin on overnight and it ran out of battery - oops.
What I have noticed, in this last week, is that my 'natural' cadence has increased significantly, as a result of the high cadence training I've been doing. In fact, it now feels slightly uncomfortable pedalling at anything less than 75 rpm - which was sort of my default level a couple of weeks ago. I think this is a good thing, as the idea of pedalling at a higher cadence is that the strain on one's legs is reduced and that can only be positive.
I've also noticed that running up stairs and stuff now feels significantly easier than it did a month ago - so the training's definitely having some effect. Back to 'proper' training this week, so will have some more info and stats from tomorrow.
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Hi I am glad the training is going well and is getting easier for you. What was wrong with your car?
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Good to train without the machine "pushing" you sometimes so that you can listen to your body, don't you think? Especially if the body is responding as positively as it has in your case. :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, you're right - nice sometimes just to ride for the enjoyment, and not worry too much about your speed/heart rate/rpm's. That's my lesson from this week..as long as the training's going in the right direction it's not worth worrying too much about the small details.
ReplyDeleteHow's your training going? I see the weather in Sweden's improved at least.
It's going quite well and I am enjoying myself when I am running. I have managed to lower my average time per km regularly. But I usually run between 8 and 11 km at each training (50 min to 1h10) so now I need to run longer. Around 2h and around 16-18km. Luckily I have a 4-day week-end now so that's my focus for the week-end.
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