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From my experience (and what I've read around, including other sports like running), yes definitely. The increase in HR for a given pace due to heavy heat may be so high that you could go beyond what you can usually sustain for that distance. Side notes: drinking helps. I can't imagine doing an HM ...

19:49.4!!!! :shock: Took 4 days off, double dosed on the inhaler before starting, full stretches, empty stomach, litre of water, and held it at just under 2:00. Felt good after 2,500 m so pushed pace to 1:58, then finally 1:53 for the last 500 m or so. I'm absolutely over the moon! :mrgreen: Woo Ho...

Always remind yourself, you need to do what you should, not what you could. Another one for the encouraging philosophical section of the memory bank right there - the question mark vs. exclamation point one has taken firm residence recently! But if I recall correctly, your progress has been far qui...

Yeah, I will get round to it, but I'm still not sure if it was just a co-incidence, although as I've picked up the pace these past few months, I've found myself becoming ever increasingly limited by breathing itself, rather than the VO2 max thing. One thing I noticed (maybe it will be the same for ...

I'd never heard of that, but they are indeed regulated as a performance enhancing drug! Good news, however - inhaled salbutamol (what I take), has been agreed as acceptable in competitive sports (as per the World Anti-Doping Code) up to a maximum dose of 1,600 micrograms of metered doses per day. I...

I may go back to the asthma nurse, in fact. I've been using a 'preventer' (which you use every day regardless, designed to keep symptoms under control proactively), but today took a few puffs of the 'rescue' (to be used during an attack or flare-up as a way of 'escaping' it) prior to starting and m...

19:49.4!!!! :shock: Took 4 days off, double dosed on the inhaler before starting, full stretches, empty stomach, litre of water, and held it at just under 2:00. Felt good after 2,500 m so pushed pace to 1:58, then finally 1:53 for the last 500 m or so. I'm absolutely over the moon! :mrgreen: Wow, I...

19:49.4!!!!

Took 4 days off, double dosed on the inhaler before starting, full stretches, empty stomach, litre of water, and held it at just under 2:00. Felt good after 2,500 m so pushed pace to 1:58, then finally 1:53 for the last 500 m or so.

I'm absolutely over the moon!

Started 3/13/23 and just finished this morning! Did the additional workouts so all 120 all done. Words can't express how good I feel, and how happy I am to get this plan done. A life changer in such a short amount of time. And an absolute brilliant plan in terms of gradual increase to constantly ch...

Did 9,500 m (random distance due to BPP!) in 39:16.5 (2:04.0 / 500 m) this morning. Paul's Law says I may be getting close to achieving the 20 minute 5k I so desperately want! Trust me, about half of your battle is believing you can do it, and digging deeper than you thought was possible. This sess...

Started 3/13/23 and just finished this morning! Did the additional workouts so all 120 all done. Words can't express how good I feel, and how happy I am to get this plan done. A life changer in such a short amount of time. And an absolute brilliant plan in terms of gradual increase to constantly ch...

Did 9,500 m (random distance due to BPP!) in 39:16.5 (2:04.0 / 500 m) this morning. Paul's Law says I may be getting close to achieving the 20 minute 5k I so desperately want!

I had my PPL and CPL years ago and did about 500 hrs with an aerial photography company... Does that count?!

I've joined anyhow, been looking for an aviation themed group!

I'm going to have to start paying you soon.... You know, I think you're onto something with the whole 'energy systems' thing. Whatever's going on is totally new to me, and I like it. Remember that 3 x 2000 m I tried to do at a pace of 2:00 about a month ago, and arms gave up with 800 m left on the ...

I know nothing about the bands, or if they're correct, but I can see why it's giving you those numbers after having a quick play around... It's giving you the percentage of the difference between resting heart rate and max heart rate, not the percentage of your max HR. For example, for 55%, if you t...