Training Log Archive: markg

Feeling pretty tired today. Actually, I feel like I have a hangover from the long run, fuzzy head and all. Knees a sore on the inside and the ITB. Muscles are sore everywhere. Guess I was a bit undercooked for yesterday's adventure!

Beautiful long trail run from Binna Burra to O'Reillys with Blair, Olly, and James Sheldon. We followed the Border track apart from a long division along the Coormera Track. I was worried about how I was going to cope with this given general lack of running but it was about as good as I'd hoped and certainly not as bad as I'd feared. Hip flexors started to get sore after about 10km and progessively worsened as we climbed. I started to feel my ITBs near the end too and they go quite sore after. Great run anyway - thanks to Blair for suggesting it and, Anna and Clare for the organisation.

A FatMax protocol test which involved 8 x 4min (with 4min rest) at increasing intensity, from 100-250W, and then a maximal part until fatigue. I had a little less motivation today and stopped one level short of the 400W I achieved during the VO2Max test on Monday. I had to get 10 finger prick blood tests which was tedious, and painful - I'm sure she hit a nerve the last 5 times. The 4min intervals continue until some physical marker (when fat burning overtakes glycogen burning I think) and I hit that point early, which I'm glad of because apparently it can take another 30min and many more finger pricks.

I'm taking part in a fat oxidation study at QUT and today was the V02Max test. It was done on a bike which is not my preference but I've done a little bid of riding lately so I think it went okay. Survived for 11min after the 4 min warm-up. The last minute at 400W was a killer and I had to dig deep to hold it. This is the 2nd V02 test and I had tried to mentally prepare myself for the mask. It was okay at the beginning and but inexorably I begin to hate it as the test progresses until finallyI get this irresistable urge to rip it off and that's when I pull the plug. I now have to wait for the end of the study to get my results.