Day 63: Endurance (3×2000m)

Status

Phase: 1 of 6
Week: 15 of 16
Week Cycle: 3 of 4 (Hard Intensity)

Workout

Type: 3×2000m
Intensity: 65% or 10:07min
Rest: [6']

Thoughts

Timings: 8:02 7:38 7:47 ~ 7:49 minutes

I was expecting a lot of ache today considering I did a ‘tough’ workout yesterday for weights, but lo and behold, it wasn’t that bad.

Just my shoulder and traps a bit stiff and slight aching, that’s all. That’s good which means I can notch it up a bit in the weights intensity.

Today’s workout of endurance is usually done after weights. I like to do an ‘easy’ workout after a heavy gym and plyo session. It is to bring the level down.

You need to fluctuate your training cycle even per week basis. Know when to rest, when to up the tempo and such.

Just do plenty of reading to know more … for me, I learned it via my experiences from all these years. Well the hard way I guess.

Back to the training itself, the only taxing part of the workout is of course the panting at the last stretch of the set and after stopping.

It’s a cardio workout, so you’re working your lungs and heart.

The way I see it, I imagine I’m massaging my heart, coaxing it, to go further and faster if I feel tired and wanting to give up.

Visualization is important before and during the workout. It will sustain you longer in the training, trust me, it does.

Well once again I hit below my target time as I don’t wish to go too ’slow’. I don’t want to develop more slow twitch muscle. That’s my biggest fear.

It was an alright workout and hopefully I would go faster on the next same training session.