Sunday, January 18, 2009

Long runs on treadmills and the first week done...

I finished the first week of training with my 13 km long run, on a treadmill because the weather outside is frightful. (Cue music...) A shade over 13 km in 1:12:24 (5:34 min/km) with an average heartrate of 157, according to my Garmin, which is reduced to a heart rate monitor during treadmill runs. This is quite a lot lower than last week's 163, which I think I can attribute to issues you have to fight running outdoors - wind and topography, as well as the slightly slower pace. I ran today with the 'mill on a steady 1° incline, however the hills around here are appreciably greater than 1°.

Weekly totals: 33:2 km running and 15.9 km rowing. A good week.

4 comments:

Sonia said...

great run Kevin! I really can't stand the treadmill, I prefer to struggle outside than run on it!

kevvyd said...

I'm not a big fan of treadmills myself, but I'd rather get a good quality run on the 'mill than worry with every stride about planting properly. Besides, yesterday there was some good football on the boobtoob, so it wasn't so bad.

Jennifer said...

My heart rate is always lower on treadmill runs, because the ones I use are easier, by about 10-15 sec per kilometre. Actually, one is pretty close to outdoor pace, but the others are easier for sure. I adjust the pace for the effort I'm looking for.

Jennifer said...

So Kev, what happened to week 2? :)