#21 – 50 runs in 100 days – Hardcore edition
#128 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

After Gorm hade been storming last evening and most of the nite, it was really frostily today so I decided I would do another boring running on the treadmill since I was going to the sport center anyway to finish the discussion after my lactate test last week.

Nice to found out that if I am going to do intervals it should mainly be pulse based intervals which I started doing this summer.

After the meeting I headed to the gym, Chose one of the new treadmills but skipped the security string :-), 1% incline, 6 min/k.

I cannot say I enjoy running on the treadmill very much but it has its pros and cons. I chose to do another boring running on the treadmill to try to avoid getting a cold so Close to my last race this year where I have a goal.

5K on a treadmill feels very long but I drink water every 500 m and all of the sudden 2.5K has passed by and then 3K and then 4K and then it is finally over.

Hope that I later this week can run my 12.5K run outside. Need to keep the legs started now.

Tomorrow it will be early Yoga in the morning.

Distance: 3.43 miles (5.53K), time: 34.06 min, cadence: 182, VO2 MAx: 27 ml/kg/min
MTD: 83.74 miles (134.82K)
YTD: 998.76 miles (1492.94K)

#19 – 50 runs in 100 days – Hardcore edition
#126 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

This if my first rest week before my last race and ultra race Dec 12th.

The Fall weather is back. Saturday it started to snow and continued to snow and then the rain came back and it has rained and rained. The last thing I need right now is to get sick.

So I decided that I would get to the gym and run 5K even if I do not like treadmills that much but they have their pros and cons.

Heard at the gym yesterday that there were new treadmills. I have liked the ones to the left and the new ones were on the right.

Got to the gym and stretched. Got up on one. Saw that you can connect your iPhone to this treadmill But I didn’t. Didn’t think that I needed to use the security line but decided to test it out anyway. The treadmill was moving and reached for the security line and bam it stopped. This security line is different. Had to figure out how to continue and realized that there is a plastic piece that you are going to stick into the treadmill.

Back to running again with 1% incline with a pace of 6 min/k.

Then after 5K I gradually decreased the pace almost down to walking mode when the treadmill stopped. That security line again that I touched for some reason when I did something. Don’t remember. It is working though. I learned that tonite.

I am not sure if I will continue using these or not. Felt something in my legs, not pain but something. While I was running there I actually was asking myself the question if I would be able to run for 6h on a treadmill. I can run 6h outside in the forest. We have a challenge where we from the south have been challenged by a group of people from the capital city where we are running 6h on a treadmill, 12 runners and the team that has run the longest wins and then you also have one individual who also run the longest that wins the individual price. Right now we have that challenge in Dec and I cannot participate due to the ultra race but if the time suits me, the thought has been there to sign up.

Distance: 3.13 miles (5.04K), time: 33.52h, cadence: 184, VO2 Max: 28 ml/kg/min

#6 – 50 runs in 100 days – Hardcore edition
#113 – 100 Days Of Miles Challenge

When I woke up this morning I had really sore muscles in my legs. It is a long time ago since this happened last time.

Sore muscles in my calves, front and back thighs, sore knees, butt and hips Quite stiff

Someone in my running group has said that if u wake up stiff after a training you should go out for a shorter run or walk in the morning. I have never tried that but this evening it was time to get to the gym. I was not sure if running on the treadmill would be such a good idea but decided that I would give it a try.

To be on the safe side I put on the security string and started with 6 min/k (10), I got breathless and felt my tired legs, after 500 m I reduced the pace to 9.5 and then at 1K back to 6 min/k and then at 1.5K down to 9.5 again. Very interesting run

After that it was time to do lift weights. Last week I took one week timeout from running and I ended up not going to the gym and I felt that in my hips when I did my first run after the timeout so I carefully chose my legs exercises. Did biceps, triceps, shoulders, back where when I did the torso rotation felt that I also had sore core muscles :-), one hip stability exercise and one hip strengthening exercise. The strengthening exercise was done on a low stool

Walking up and down the stairs was a joy, especially down the stairs

Finished with foam rolling of calves, front and back thighs, plank on pilates ball and stretching.

Distance: 1.45 miles (2.34K), time: 14.35 min, average pace: 6.13 min/k, max pace: 5.23 min/k, cadence: 176, VO2 Max: 23 ml/kg/min