I didn't post anything, or really do anything much last week. Instead, I ran on Tuesday, got drunk on Thursday, and the rest of the week is a little bit blurry in my recollection. Alcohol, you are my curse.
This week was better. My runs went like this:
Tuesday- 6.12km in 31:03, or 5:04min/km.
Thursday- 6.07km in 30:17, or 4:59min/km. This is my fastest run so far.
Sunday- 10.11km in 56:23, or 5:34min/km. This is my longest run so far.
According to the people who know about these things, the best thing to do in order to increase fitness is to increase the frequency of training and rest more, so earlier nights and running four times per week are probably my best goals. The idea is that I needn't bother trying to run faster, or longer at this stage, because I haven't reached peak training frequency. Without reaching peak training frequency, the likelihood of injuring yourself goes up faster than the training benefit.
I am using the Zombies, Run! app religiously now, the two runs on Tuesday and Thursday are 30 minute zombie missions with zombie chases enabled, i.e. storyline moments of terrified sprinting in order that I don't get my brains eaten. I am running an out-and-back curcuit around the opera House and Botanical gardens which is exactly 6km long.
The Sunday run is a 60 minute zombie mission with no chases. I am running around Centennial Park, adding in a few side streets to increase the distance.
I reckon I can add in another 30 minute mission, no chases to optimize my current workout regimen. Perhaps Monday is the best time for this, so I might go in the morning and call it a recovery session. Now that I wrote that, let me rewrite it. I WILL go in the morning and call it a recovery session.
On the off chance that anyone out there in the blogosphere stumbles across this blog and actually reads it, please donate to my fundraising for the Fred Hollows foundation. Saving Human eyeballs is my whole reason for doing this in the first place.
Please follow this link to donate and save some eyeballs.
This week was better. My runs went like this:
Tuesday- 6.12km in 31:03, or 5:04min/km.
Thursday- 6.07km in 30:17, or 4:59min/km. This is my fastest run so far.
Sunday- 10.11km in 56:23, or 5:34min/km. This is my longest run so far.
According to the people who know about these things, the best thing to do in order to increase fitness is to increase the frequency of training and rest more, so earlier nights and running four times per week are probably my best goals. The idea is that I needn't bother trying to run faster, or longer at this stage, because I haven't reached peak training frequency. Without reaching peak training frequency, the likelihood of injuring yourself goes up faster than the training benefit.
I am using the Zombies, Run! app religiously now, the two runs on Tuesday and Thursday are 30 minute zombie missions with zombie chases enabled, i.e. storyline moments of terrified sprinting in order that I don't get my brains eaten. I am running an out-and-back curcuit around the opera House and Botanical gardens which is exactly 6km long.
The Sunday run is a 60 minute zombie mission with no chases. I am running around Centennial Park, adding in a few side streets to increase the distance.
I reckon I can add in another 30 minute mission, no chases to optimize my current workout regimen. Perhaps Monday is the best time for this, so I might go in the morning and call it a recovery session. Now that I wrote that, let me rewrite it. I WILL go in the morning and call it a recovery session.
On the off chance that anyone out there in the blogosphere stumbles across this blog and actually reads it, please donate to my fundraising for the Fred Hollows foundation. Saving Human eyeballs is my whole reason for doing this in the first place.
Please follow this link to donate and save some eyeballs.
