. Did a 5x2k 2r @ 20 and 2:02 pace last Wednesday - this is a regular SS piece for me. Gave blood on Thursday. Repeated the session with the exact same rate and pace today (Sat). Only difference is Wed followed a (poor!) 2k test on Tuesday whereas today followed a rest day yesterday. HR was around 6 bpm higher today than last Wed all the way through. So it looks like it costs me about 5% of my HRR, if not more as I was better rested today.Giving blood... how long to recover?
Re: Giving blood... how long to recover?
Just thought I'd resurrect this thread to post some observed data - a highly scientific sample of one . Did a 5x2k 2r @ 20 and 2:02 pace last Wednesday - this is a regular SS piece for me. Gave blood on Thursday. Repeated the session with the exact same rate and pace today (Sat). Only difference is Wed followed a (poor!) 2k test on Tuesday whereas today followed a rest day yesterday. HR was around 6 bpm higher today than last Wed all the way through. So it looks like it costs me about 5% of my HRR, if not more as I was better rested today.
. Did a 5x2k 2r @ 20 and 2:02 pace last Wednesday - this is a regular SS piece for me. Gave blood on Thursday. Repeated the session with the exact same rate and pace today (Sat). Only difference is Wed followed a (poor!) 2k test on Tuesday whereas today followed a rest day yesterday. HR was around 6 bpm higher today than last Wed all the way through. So it looks like it costs me about 5% of my HRR, if not more as I was better rested today.Mike - 67 HWT 183
Re: Giving blood... how long to recover?
I give blood every 8 weeks and notice that I need about a week to recover back to expected training levels.
49 yo, 5'7"/1.7m, 145 lbs/66kg
2020 PB: 500m - 1:39, 1K - 3:44, 2K - 7:45, 5K - 20:36, 30min - 7185m, 10K - 41:42, HM - 1:40:41
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2020 PB: 500m - 1:39, 1K - 3:44, 2K - 7:45, 5K - 20:36, 30min - 7185m, 10K - 41:42, HM - 1:40:41
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