http://www.hojohnlee.com/running/2006/01/04/its-kind-of-like-running-at-altitude/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:09:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 http://www.hojohnlee.com/running/2006/01/04/its-kind-of-like-running-at-altitude/#comment-80 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 04:22:13 +0000 http://www.hojohnlee.com/running/2006/01/04/its-kind-of-like-running-at-altitude/#comment-80 [...] Some shortcomings: - Breathing and HR are still behaving strangely. The symptoms haven’t gotten worse, but haven’t gone away either. - Weekly mileage maxed out in the low 40’s instead of low 70’s. Average in the high 20s to mid 30s, vs mid 40s to mid 50s. This is partly due to running slower paces, but I’ve also logged fewer hours on this training cycle. - Longest runs in the low teens, no 20+ mile runs. Normally I would like to have logged 3 or more. - Relatively little LT pace training compared to previous training cycles. This is partly related to the mysterious breathing problem, since I limited LT and anerobic training for a while, in the interest of being cautious while seeing how my body is behaving. - Difficulty getting my mental game together this time around for training at what feel like really slow paces. [...] […] Some shortcomings: - Breathing and HR are still behaving strangely. The symptoms haven’t gotten worse, but haven’t gone away either. - Weekly mileage maxed out in the low 40’s instead of low 70’s. Average in the high 20s to mid 30s, vs mid 40s to mid 50s. This is partly due to running slower paces, but I’ve also logged fewer hours on this training cycle. - Longest runs in the low teens, no 20+ mile runs. Normally I would like to have logged 3 or more. - Relatively little LT pace training compared to previous training cycles. This is partly related to the mysterious breathing problem, since I limited LT and anerobic training for a while, in the interest of being cautious while seeing how my body is behaving. - Difficulty getting my mental game together this time around for training at what feel like really slow paces. […]

]]> http://www.hojohnlee.com/running/2006/01/04/its-kind-of-like-running-at-altitude/#comment-14 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 04:33:54 +0000 http://www.hojohnlee.com/running/2006/01/04/its-kind-of-like-running-at-altitude/#comment-14 [...] Part of my current planning challenge for this year’s Big Sur Marathon is that my physiological performance is very different (worse) than where it’s been over the past few years, so I don’t have a good sense of what my sustainable paces actually are. I also don’t have a clear sense of the root cause, other than some test data showing that my breathing is slightly off. [...] […] Part of my current planning challenge for this year’s Big Sur Marathon is that my physiological performance is very different (worse) than where it’s been over the past few years, so I don’t have a good sense of what my sustainable paces actually are. I also don’t have a clear sense of the root cause, other than some test data showing that my breathing is slightly off. […]

]]> http://www.hojohnlee.com/running/2006/01/04/its-kind-of-like-running-at-altitude/#comment-9 Sat, 28 Jan 2006 17:34:51 +0000 http://www.hojohnlee.com/running/2006/01/04/its-kind-of-like-running-at-altitude/#comment-9 [...] Continuing to cautiously ramp up mileage and longer runs. The heart rate monitor is returning better data now, after a new battery. Yesterday I logged 9.5 miles on the treadmill, at 9:00 pace. Taking out the warmup and cooldown, the HR data for the middle 80 minutes looks substantially better than a similar run a few weeks ago. I’m still starting out 10 points higher than my 2005 baseline, but I’m not getting the steeply increasing heart rate anymore, and it seems to be tracking about 10 points higher than the baseline all the way out now. [...] […] Continuing to cautiously ramp up mileage and longer runs. The heart rate monitor is returning better data now, after a new battery. Yesterday I logged 9.5 miles on the treadmill, at 9:00 pace. Taking out the warmup and cooldown, the HR data for the middle 80 minutes looks substantially better than a similar run a few weeks ago. I’m still starting out 10 points higher than my 2005 baseline, but I’m not getting the steeply increasing heart rate anymore, and it seems to be tracking about 10 points higher than the baseline all the way out now. […]

]]> http://www.hojohnlee.com/running/2006/01/04/its-kind-of-like-running-at-altitude/#comment-6 Sat, 14 Jan 2006 23:46:44 +0000 http://www.hojohnlee.com/running/2006/01/04/its-kind-of-like-running-at-altitude/#comment-6 [...] Since my training paces are all off due to the mysterious breathing problem, I’ve ordered a new data recorder to make tracking and logging heart rate and pacing data easier. I’ve been using the Timex Bodylink system since it came out, but haven’t been using a data recorder since last spring when the previous unit went missing somewhere in Maui. [...] […] Since my training paces are all off due to the mysterious breathing problem, I’ve ordered a new data recorder to make tracking and logging heart rate and pacing data easier. I’ve been using the Timex Bodylink system since it came out, but haven’t been using a data recorder since last spring when the previous unit went missing somewhere in Maui. […]

]]> http://www.hojohnlee.com/running/2006/01/04/its-kind-of-like-running-at-altitude/#comment-3 Tue, 10 Jan 2006 04:17:42 +0000 http://www.hojohnlee.com/running/2006/01/04/its-kind-of-like-running-at-altitude/#comment-3 [...] Aside from the mysterious breathing problem, I’m still evaluating how things look for this training cycle, getting ready for Big Sur in April, and shifting back to more running and less cross training. I’ve been logging more time on the stairclimber, elliptical, and rowing machine for a while. Just trying to get into a marathon training mindset at the moment. [...] […] Aside from the mysterious breathing problem, I’m still evaluating how things look for this training cycle, getting ready for Big Sur in April, and shifting back to more running and less cross training. I’ve been logging more time on the stairclimber, elliptical, and rowing machine for a while. Just trying to get into a marathon training mindset at the moment. […]

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