Training Log Archive: Heidistolberger

Thought I would try and continue with training and see how the knee would feel with a slightly faster session.
- 14 minute Warm up on the grass inside the track, so I was reducing the amount of hard contact surfaces.
- 3 x 1K reps original plan was at almost full effort, but had a few other ideas in mind 1. don't put too much in that my knee hates me and 2. try and work on staying even paced and starting slower and building in speed.
I think it was pretty successful as the knee didn't have any problems and my pace was very even and maintained the whole time and I still managed to get average of 3.55 pace for each of the reps.
Recovery of 4 minutes between each 1k rep.
- 5 minute walk recovery with mum before second part of session.
- 10 x 100m, again original plan was standing sprints... but knew being faster it may be more problematic so started them as stride outs, after a couple the knee still felt pretty good so alternated between sprints and stride outs.
- 10 warm down reverse around the grass inside the track.

Overall feel good, Knee although not 100% felt very good compared to Tuesday and Sunday, the ice and compression brace might be helping.
Energy levels were also a lot higher, even at 3.55 pace was feeling very easy and heart rate never got above 185 which is quite a bit lower than usual.
Chaotic weekend coming as I have an exam on Friday, Saturday and Monday, trip to finish sorting out and training to continue with.

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Testing out the knee at a really gentle pace.
Didn't feel too bad but didn't want to push it today so kept the pace slow and steady and tried to keep my heart rate in the 155 - 165 range as much as possible and not go over 175.

15 minutes warm up
400m, 600m, 800m, 600m, 400m efforts with 3 minutes recovery.
15 minutes warm down

Feeling a bit frustrated at the moment, exam and organising beginning to stress me out a bit and feeling pretty exhausted the last week or so.
Struggled to stay at the level I hoped for today, could partly have been due to the horrible head wind in the home stretch.
Also had to ease right off after the first 400m as my right knee began playing up and causing me quite a bit of pain.
Really hoping that the knee pains aren't anything too serious but will go to physio early next week and get it sorted once exams are over.

15 min warm up
4k at 4.30-4.35 pace
5 minutes recovery
2k at 4.15 pace
15 minutes warm down
Feet blistered so was quite painful.
A few of the Ks fluctuated depending on whether I was dodging people, cars and taking corners and road crossings.
Changed location and ran around Milford and takapuna.

10 minute warm up
glendowie sprint (separate entry - 18 minutes) with 5 minute recovery
4 x 400m hard efforts in crossfields park with 3 minute recovery
(1.24, 1.25, 1.25, 1.25)
Warm down just over 10 minutes