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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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

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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 #11: Rest Day

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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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