https://blue.feedland.org/?river=http://data.feedland.org/blue/feeds/Prim.xml Sun, 29 Sep 2024 22:26:49 GMT feedland v0.6.43 https://cyber.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Sun, 29 Sep 2024 22:26:50 GMT http://rpc.rsscloud.io:5337/pleaseNotify Sun, September 29, 2024 6:26 PM EDT <p>Ok, here&#39;s the deal. Run a quarter mile, .4 KM, at the fastest you can go sustainably. So flat out but not quite emergency power. Heart rate way up there in the 150s. A quarter mile doesn&#39;t take very long so it&#39;s not that hard. After that, rest by continuing to run but at a much slower pace, something that&#39;s a good long distance run pace, for the next three quarters of a mile or 1.2 KM. Not that hard, right?</p> <p>This morning, I warmed up for half a mile, ran a mile at just my standard aerobic heart rate like so much before, then I did thirteen of those in a row. 15 miles, 2:50:56. This burned a whopping 1,845 calories.</p> <p>High intensity interval training is something I do a lot on short weekday runs. This was the biggest HIIT of them all. A massive weekend long run, consisting of nothing but a ton of HIIT intervals. I&#39;ve spoken a lot about how simply crossing a room a couple months after she died was the hardest thing I&#39;ve ever done. That was incredibly hard. Today was harder.</p> <p>My pace steadily degraded as I wore out but I kept going. I hit target heart rate on every single one of those intervals. For the final half mile cooldown, I walked and I could not get my heart rate down enough. I had expended every last ounce and it took a huge effort of will to simply walk. My heart rate was stuck over 120. I&#39;ve stretched but I&#39;m getting leg cramps. My watch calculated that I need a 62 hour rest after this. This was A LOT. But I&#39;m not destroyed. Sure, I hurt but I could have kept going. Not for ten more of the intervals but I probably could have jogged ten more miles.</p> <p>I had no idea I could be this strong. It&#39;s taken an immense amount of work for more than a year. I&#39;m rapidly closing in on a thousand miles run in total. But it is possible, even for a broken old wolf like me.</p> Sun, 29 Sep 2024 22:26:49 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=639801 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=639801 Ok, here's the deal. Run a quarter mile, .4 KM, at the fastest you can go sustainably. So flat out but not quite emergency power. Heart rate way up there in the 150s. A quarter mile doesn't take very long so it's not that hard. After that, rest by continuing to run but at a much slower pace, something that's a good long distance run pace, for the next three quarters of a mile or 1.2 KM. Not that hard, right? This morning, I warmed up for half a mile, ran a mile at just my standard aerobic heart rate like so much before, then I did thirteen of those in a row. 15 miles, 2:50:56. This burned a whopping 1,845 calories. High intensity interval training is something I do a lot on short weekday runs. This was the biggest HIIT of them all. A massive weekend long run, consisting of nothing but a ton of HIIT intervals. I've spoken a lot about how simply crossing a room a couple months after she died was the hardest thing I've ever done. That was incredibly hard. Today was harder. My pace steadily degraded as I wore out but I kept going. I hit target heart rate on every single one of those intervals. For the final half mile cooldown, I walked and I could not get my heart rate down enough. I had expended every last ounce and it took a huge effort of will to simply walk. My heart rate was stuck over 120. I've stretched but I'm getting leg cramps. My watch calculated that I need a 62 hour rest after this. This was A LOT. But I'm not destroyed. Sure, I hurt but I could have kept going. Not for ten more of the intervals but I probably could have jogged ten more miles. I had no idea I could be this strong. It's taken an immense amount of work for more than a year. I'm rapidly closing in on a thousand miles run in total. But it is possible, even for a broken old wolf like me.