Day 11: VO2Max Training

There’s just something primal about running. And I have the need to run today after two days of non-running. Yeah the feel of the track is just so soothing … haha I’m weird

I’m always dumbfounded by people who keeps complaining they’re fat but not doing anything about it. It’s only of ‘recent’ times we’ve become civilized, put on a blazer, sit in the office, staring in front of the computer for hours and no wonder we’re growing ‘horizontal’

We’re a slave to our work and forgetting our roots. We once roamed and running the lands thousands of years ago as hunters for eons. It was the survival of the fittest. We’ve evolved and we’re built to hunt in fact. No such thing as being overweight I reckon back then. Did you know the eskimos once send their aged and weak into the cold frontier, so as no to jeopardize the group survival

What I’m trying to say is, if you think you’re fat, get off your ass and do something about it. You’ve to start somewhere, why not now … Well back to my training log, earlier in the morning there was a heavy downpour, so I waited for the rain to stopped. The latest I could left my house was near to noon.

Type Workout: VO2Max

Morning Session: 2 hours (11.50 to 1.50pm)

• 6x300m
• Aiming to run 51 seconds average
• Rest time 2 minutes per set
• Final Timing
  • Set 1: 50.0s
  • Set 2: 51.4s
  • Set 3: 50.9s
  • Set 4: 50.2s
  • Set 5: 50.9s
  • Set 6: 51.4s
  • Average: 50.8s

Afternoon Session: 1 hour (8 to 9pm)

• Cycling

VO2Max

I’m much better this week in pacing myself for the 300m VO2Max Training. The difference between the slowest and fastest set was just 1.4 seconds and the average for six sets was 50.8 seconds, close to my 51 seconds target. Near perfect!

The thing about this sort of training, you might have the urge to run faster. Even though I could, that’s not the ultimate aim for this workout. It is to work on your lung capacity. If you were to blast the 300m, you’re working on your speed endurance instead

The first four sets was a breeze for me, I found the right pace. At the half-mark, I look at the time, it should be around 23-24 seconds. The last phase of the run, I just need to maintain my form

The very last two set, however was ‘excruciating’ even at a slow pace of 51.4 seconds. I know I can go faster, but that would jack-up my lactic level. So I opted to telling myself run relax, run tall, pump the arm and go with the flow

Cycling

Since my right knee still have a slight niggling feeling, I decided to cycle for my cardio workout instead. It will ‘save’ the knee from the hard impact of running and it works on my cardio nonetheless

It’s been a long time since my last cycling session and it required some adjustment on the ass, as long rides can be a pain in the ass, no pun intended of course

I still don’t get some people. They saw me cycling towards them on the pavement, yet they won’t budge, walking right smack in the center of the walkway. Morons … be courteous and civilized lah

It was fun cycling at long stretches of road near to the expressway. I raced against the motor-vehicles, despite dangerous it was thrilling. Reminds me of my old bicycle gang heydays when I was younger

No Video

I’m such a dufus at times. Today I totally forgot to bring the video camera. I intended to show you my dynamic warmup perhaps. Maybe tomorrow eh. So instead the usual video of me training, how about some lame athletics jokes! Hahaha, in advance, I would like to say I’m not the best joke teller lah