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Category Archives: Fitness
Half Marathon Training Day #16: Strength Training
A few upper body light weights/high reps was on the cards today to give my weary legs a break. Picked up a Charcoal Chicken on the way home. Great day.
Session:
Stationary Bike, Bench Press, Seated Row, Shoulder Press, Hammer Curl, Triceps, Abs
Results:
Average Heart Rate: forgot heart rate monitor
Max Heart Rate: see above
Calories Burned: see above
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Half Marathon Training Day #15: Interval Run (Chart)
Today was a new form of interval training. Here is a chart of my speed for each interval run. You can see that I start to really run out of puff towards the end.
Session:
2x 5 min Run
90 sec rest
2×4 min Run
60 sec rest
2x 2 min Run
30 sec
Later: 20 min squash session
Results:
Run
Average Heart Rate: 164
Max Heart Rate: 180
Calories Burned: 509
Squash
Average Heart Rate: 144
Max Heart Rate: 170
Calories Burned: 280
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Tagged chart, gps, half marathon, interval, logger, speed, training
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Half Marathon Training Day #14: 14.9km Run
Today was the long run, 14.9km, to be exact. I was able to beat last weeks average speed (9.9 km/hr vs 9.57 km/hr)
Session:
14.9 km/hr in 1:29:42.
Results:
Average Heart Rate: 162
Max Heart Rate: 179
Calories Burned: 1562
Half Marathon Training Day #13: Life, Work, Weather Gets in the Way
A combination of life, work, weather and general business conspired against me today. No training today. Will continue tomorrow.
Session:
Nada
Results:
Average Heart Rate: N/A
Max Heart Rate: N/A
Calories Burned: N/A
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Half Marathon Training Day #12: Kangaroo Spotting on my 8.3km Run
Today was a 8.3km run around my usual track. I was able to increase my speed a little (from 9.16km/hr to 10.2 km/hr) so it looks like my body is starting to get used to the stress and strain of long-distance running. Spotted a few kangaroos along the way too in the wetlands loop track.
Session:
8.3km run over 48:51 mins.
Results:
Average Heart Rate: 164
Max Heart Rate: 180
Calories Burned: 863
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Half Marathon Training Day #10: Hill Repeats
Today, being a Thursday, was a “Hills” day on the treadmill.
Session:
3km flat run at 10.3 km/hr
2 min jog
6x150m hill run at 12km/hr with 150m recovery jog.
Total distance: 5.4km over 39min 30 sec.
Results:
Average Heart Rate: 153
Max Heart Rate: 177
Calories Burned: 625
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