The session I checked off in Pete Plan for today is the one that was supposed to follow a day 5 “hard distance”. So it is being done a day early, ahead of the hard distance. But I took two unscheduled days off this week, so it is being done a day later than it … Continue reading “Pete Plan Cycle 2 Week 3 Day 6 Late And Early”
Dear Diary, -It’s been a while. But this isn’t a diary, though it has been a while. This Pete Plan session was supposed to have been done on Nov 16th. But it wasn’t done until in the evening of Nov 18th, after sunset. That’s the explanation for the missing days in the otherwise usually daily … Continue reading “Pete Plan Cycle 2 Week 3 Day 4 Delayed Recovery Session”
Today’s training session was endurance intervals, of a type frequently referred to as a “waterfall”. The previous instance of this particular session was done at an average pace of 1:59.8 so that was the pace target for the first 2 of today’s 3 intervals. The last one, a 2K, was done only slightly faster, at … Continue reading “Pete Plan Cycle 2 Week 3 Day 3 Endurance Intervals”
Today’s session was another 8K recovery identical to the previous except that the pace target was made 1/2 second faster, at 2:19.5. The result was a slight increase in ending heart rate of 2 BPM higher than the previous recovery session which had been done at a pace target of 2:20.0. No straps, DF 135. … Continue reading “Pete Plan Cycle 2 Week 3 Day 2 Recovery Session”
Today’s Pete Plan training was a set of four intervals, 1,000 meters each, with 5 minutes active rest after each 1K. No warm up. 15 minute warm down. Strapless. DF 135. Happy trails to you.
Today’s recovery session was another 8K. But it was done at a very slightly higher pace, 1/2 second per 500 meters faster than the 8K recovery session done two days ago. I increased the pace just slightly, because I thought that I’d try to raise the effort and the resulting average HR just a little … Continue reading “Pete Plan Cycle 2 Week 2 Day 6 Recovery”
Today is the day I’ve been looking forward to for the past seven days. It was another chance to aim for improvement in the 10K, on the Pete Plan “Hard Distance” day. The session was scheduled online and three others joined in. One of them was in the US, another was in Germany and the … Continue reading “Pete Plan Cycle 2 Week 2 Day 5 Hard Distance”
Today was a recovery day. The recovery distance was 8K, done at a pace of 2:20.5, 23 SPM, strapless, DF 135. Happy trails to you.
Today’s session was one of the fun times: 4x2K R5:00. The pace target for the first three intervals was 1:59.5, which had been the overall average for this session in the previous cycle. The final interval was done at a pace of 1:55 for the first 1,500 meters and then faster for the last 500. … Continue reading “Pete Plan Cycle 2 Week 2 Day 3”
Today’s recovery session was done with a target pace of 2:20.5, strapless and DF 135. Happy trails to you.