Ironman Mark » Treadmill http://www.ironman-mark.com Follow my Ironman journey Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:53:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A good long run http://www.ironman-mark.com/2009/02/a-good-long-run/ http://www.ironman-mark.com/2009/02/a-good-long-run/#comments Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:11:16 +0000 AdminMark http://www.ironman-mark.com/?p=35 I did my long run on the treadmill today. I could have gone outside but I just fancied doing it on a treadmill. 

The session was:

- 10 mins easy

- 5 mins of 30s “hard”, 30s “off”

- 15 x (5 mins moderate, 1 min easy)

- 10 mins easy

I used a treadmill at the gym that has a big mirror in front so I can keep my mind busy by looking at what is happening around me.  The treadmill is not particularly well calibrated so the speeds don’t mean much in real life.  Last week I did the same session with easy being 11.4kph and moderate being 12.4kph.  While it was a challenge, it wasn’t particularly hard.  So this week I increased the speeds to 12kph and 13kph respectively.  This felt a lot more of a challenge, especially on the last three intervals.  So my legs now ache big time.

I know that it is not well calibrated because yesterday I did 1 minute intervals on it at 20kph.  In my dreams!

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