#week 15

Rehab exercises that I will do every day this week

1.Squats from a chair 3×10

2. Lunges backwards 3×10

3. Gliding bridges with one leg 3×10

Monday

Tonite after work it was time for interval training.

I am getting ready for Torekov Båstad race, 21.4K which is March 26th and they have a training program where I plan to do the interval.

So it was 10×1 min intervals with 1 min rest between where after 5×1 it was 3 min rest. When Suunto decided to get rid of Movescount and continue with the Suunto app it has not been possible to create workouts but some weeks ago I found out that I could create custom workouts in Runkeeper. The plan was to try this out tonite but I could not find the custom workouts in the dark and froze without gloves so I just had to start a regular run and keep track of the minutes, during the first 5×1 min intervals somewhere I got lost in the minutes so I had 2 min rest between the fives instead of 3 min.

Distance: 3.81K

Tuesday

The plan was to head out on a 5K run but my knee is a bit sore, not the whole time and less than last year so I decided to head out on 1 hour walk in the dark so I can test hilly intervals on Thursday.

Wednesday

The original plan was to get to the pool and have swim training but I was still coughing last night and then I am staying out of indoor training activities so after work I decided to head out on a 1 hour walk in the dark.

Thursday

After work it was time for my first hilly intervals this year.

6×2 min hilly intervals and decided when I created the Custom Workout on Runkeeper that it would be 4 min rest between.

The first interval I got further than I thought I would get, second interval I got tired legs early and did get as far as I thought I would get when I started the intervals. At the end I got longer than the second time.

Felt that I have not done hilly intervals in a while, I did not do any intervals due to my knee last year so it feels nice to be able to do them now but Pulse based has to wait because that is on asphalt.Even if it was windy it was not too bad.

The rest was too long so next time I will have 3 min rest and see if that works better.

Distance: 2.80K

Saturday

This morning it was time to head out on my trail run, it was time to increase the distance.

When I woke up it was raining, you never know if the weather would change when I got to Frostavallen but no such thing.

Just to put on the clothes for the weather and head out. Goo and wet was back 🙂

Since I have gained weight due to five weeks lack of exercising it took a bit longer, some hills that I usually run up on I had to walk up on, my legs just stopped but I also ran up some hills that I actually thought that I would have to walk up on.

Some walk on some flat parts where I got a bit too breathless. Knee got a bit upset but I did not have to cut the distance.

So glad that I can borrow a car so I can change to warmer clothes, dry socks before I drove back home.

Since I have started to exercise more this week the weight was not so depressing this morning

Weight Journey

-0.7kg this year so far