What Training Have You Done Today?

[Sakly]

I decided to do a 5k with decreasing pace and increasing stroke rate.

Looks like a tough workout Peter - strong neg. I'm intrigued by your description and wondered if it was just me or if we all look at it differently. I can see that your "decreasing pace" refers to the pace numbers getting smaller as opposed to the rate numbers getting bigger, ie "increasing". But the pace numbers getting smaller means that you were going faster and (to me) getting faster is increasing the pace. Hmmm?

This is exactly why I use only faster and slower for pace descriptions

[petererg]

I decided to do a 5k with decreasing pace and increasing stroke rate.

Looks like a tough workout Peter - strong neg. I'm intrigued by your description and wondered if it was just me or if we all look at it differently. I can see that your "decreasing pace" refers to the pace numbers getting smaller as opposed to the rate numbers getting bigger, ie "increasing". But the pace numbers getting smaller means that you were going faster and (to me) getting faster is increasing the pace. Hmmm?

This is exactly why I use only faster and slower for pace descriptions

I am OK with “high speed pursuit” but stumble over “fast paced action”.

[Dangerscouse]

1:26:42.9 21,097m 2:03.3 187 942 19 124
12:20.6 3,000m 2:03.4 186 940 19 118
12:19.3 6,000m 2:03.2 187 943 19 120
12:18.0 9,000m 2:03.0 188 947 19 126
12:20.3 12,000m 2:03.3 186 941 19 126
12:22.0 15,000m 2:03.6 185 936 19 127
12:20.1 18,000m 2:03.3 186 941 19 126
12:18.8 21,000m 2:03.1 187 945 19 129
0:23.7 21,097m 2:02.1 192 960 20 127

It felt quite good this morning, despite it being my sixth consecutive day. Rest day tomorrow due to work commitments.

[iain]

I can see that your "decreasing pace" refers to the pace numbers getting smaller as opposed to the rate numbers getting bigger, ie "increasing". But the pace numbers getting smaller means that you were going faster and (to me) getting faster is increasing the pace. Hmmm?

+1

[Kerry1960]

3.5k x 2 3r @r24. Not flat out about 8 RPE. HRM also arrived this morning so from tomorrow I'll be moving into the 21st century and wearing a HRM. Just went for the cheap Coospoo one.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
29:17.1 7,000m 2:05.5 177 909 24
14:46.3 3,500m 2:06.6 172 893 24
14:30.8 3,500m 2:04.4 182 925 25

[nick rockliff]

A 60r20 for me this evening. Gone from 2:08 to 2:06 for this and feels much better.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
1:00:00.0 14,289m 2:05.9 175 902 20 128
5:00.0 1,191m 2:05.9 175 902 20 115
10:00.0 1,191m 2:05.9 175 902 20 119
15:00.0 1,190m 2:06.0 175 901 20 122
20:00.0 1,191m 2:05.9 175 902 20 124
25:00.0 1,191m 2:05.9 175 902 20 127
30:00.0 1,191m 2:05.9 175 902 20 130
35:00.0 1,191m 2:05.9 175 902 20 131
40:00.0 1,190m 2:06.0 175 901 20 131
45:00.0 1,190m 2:06.0 175 901 20 133
50:00.0 1,191m 2:05.9 175 902 20 135
55:00.0 1,191m 2:05.9 175 902 20 135
1:00:00.0 1,191m 2:05.9 175 902 20 137