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17 October

Slow run 7km @ 52'10''

Humidity was over 80% again so sweated like crazy but it was an easy run as planned. HR a couple of minutes after stopping was 108bpm, nice.
Preparation done. Carrbing up today, light diet tomorrow, race tomorrow night.

Now the bad news : i got my number & chip and i am block 4. WTF!!!! those are supposed to be time-based blocks. Last year at the registration i gave an unofficial best time of 28 minutes and got block 1 , now i gave an official 25 minutes from the same event too and i go to 4??? This year over 20 thousand people have registered ( last year was 18K ) so unless the blocks are numbered opposite or i find a way to get to the 1st block ( maybe begging idk ) , i will have to pass about 10 thousand people ahead of me. All over the place, walking, with kids, baby trolleys etc. All my preparation and the race are rendered invalid.
FFFFFFUUIUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU 

On a serious note, there's no difference in taste, it should be a great alternative to fool a few cravings.

15 October  2019

Bodyweight@session : ???
Soreness : abductors a lot, quads ( VMOs ) glutes and calves less
Injuries/aches : none
Dew point : 15'C ( 21'C / 70%RH )

-RUN TEMPO 3KM
Target was 6'30'' / 5'30'' / anything sub 5', ideally close to 1km PR ( 4'42'' )
I got           6'26'' / 5'56'' / 4'40''  all time 1km
-Walk 500m
C1a: 300m uphill sprint @ 100%
C1b: walk back 300m
-C1 info : 4 rounds

TOTAL : 6km @ 42'22''

Awesome session. Broke my 1km PR. Previous was was in a fartlek too, it was achieved after a slow 500m, this was right after 2 fast km. Very happy.
Sptints felt awesome too. Felt very fast and fit and light on my feet. Max pace at them was 4'11'' which is awesome.

Today is 5K training course PR attempt. Should I ? Race is Saturday night, i think tomorrows planned slow long run and then ~48hrs off till the race are enough to recover./taper Any objections?

Bleh, I already feel i continued this much longer than i should have.
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I felt there was a lot of 'passion' against all i said. I repeatedly said im trying to open a philosophical discussion about it. Yet i didn't see not even one slight agreement to any of my concerns. And yes, the type of counter-arguments look like convince-like, re-read them. Im sure im biased a bit and its not as much as i say ( or as much as it sounds im saying ), but it is.

Quote from: vag on October 15, 2019, 06:48:19 am

How can you all be so sure, so soon. e.g. adarq you have one separate reply post to debunk the 'mask marathon' argument, yet you named this topic 'attempting a sub2 marathon'. I mean come on!

not seeing what you mean there?

pc!

What i mean was:
A) how can you be so sure INEOS is not what im saying it could  be? the event happened yesterday. how can you be sure it wont lead to a new type of sports? the lab-style im saying. i don't know that it will, i am not claiming it will, i know i wouldn't want it to happen and i know that INEOS is somewhat leaning to the other side. But how do you know it won't happen? Because your replies ( not yours yours andrew, im speaking to all ) don't seem to have the slightest concern.
B) the second point, is that in one of the 5 consecutive replies ( which might have also helped me misinterpret, you feel your opinion 'attacked' when you see 5 consecutive replies from 1 person ), you talked about how this attempt won't mask the marathon like i said im concerned. yet , even though this was clearly not a marathon but a 'rock-climb-like attempt' and 'will never mask the marathon', you named the topic 'Eliud Kipchoge will make another attempt at a sub2 marathon'. I mean , again, come on!




EDIT:
re-read it.

i feel like a drama queen. everyone said 'idk' and argued in pretty low profile. we just disagree and you dont share my concerns. so what?
only you adarq showed a little more 'passion' but then again its still perfectly polite and unbiased, especially considering your love for long running and the athlete himself.

apologies, lets close it here.
pc

I'm a bit surprised by all you guys. I was just giving a possibility of a different perspective. I was wondering if this has a double meaning. If it is a start of something different. If there is any 'lab-style' vs 'free' sports case and if that is a good thing or not. And i repeatedly stated that i myself am not sure at all that there is, just thinking about it. Also that i am in awe of the achievement nevertheless. Your replies make me feel that i said i was passionately against the INEOS and you are trying to convince me about the opposite. How can you all be so sure, so soon. e.g. adarq you have one separate reply post to debunk the 'mask marathon' argument, yet you named this topic 'attempting a sub2 marathon'. I mean come on!
Anyway, maybe i am failing to express my skepticism well enough, or maybe i am misinterpreting your replies. Lets agree to disagree.

Idk, if you had two kipchoge's in the same race going at it what would happen? And concerning 'lab conditions' how many people are capable of going sub 2hr in ideal conditions? Do they even exist or is Kipchoge in a class of his own? Do people have treadmill times better than him?

This question helps me very much to demonstrate my argument.
The answer is nobody. Nobody can do this. Not even himself. That is the problem.

11 October 2019

Bodyweight@session : ~84,5kg
Soreness : none
Injuries/aches : none

RDL:
8@20kg ( +10 kg )
8@40kg ( -10 kg )
8@60kg
8@70kg
8@80kg ( +5 kg )
-Great.

DIPS:
9@BW ( +1 rep )
8@BW
8@BW
8@BW
8@BW
-Those felt more deep/strong/solid.

SEATED CABLE ROW:
10@47kg ( +6 kg )
10@47kg
10@53kg ( +6 kg )
10@53kg
10@59kg ( +6 kg )
-Wow, very strong.

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12 October  2019

Bodyweight@session : ???
Soreness : glutes
Injuries/aches : none
Dew point : 17'C (21'C / 80%RH ) , booooooo

RUN 5KM @ 28'18'' , second fastest everat this course , so also season 
JOG 1KM @ 7'16''

TOTAL: 6KM @ 35'34'' ,  , first time ever below 36' for 6K.

Now that was one crazy session. It started as a sub-28' time trial attempt. Dew point was horrible though, and 7 hours earlier my system has been...'enhanced' with quite a big amount of alcohol and smoke. Decided to give up at 3KM ( was en route to 27'30'' at that point but dead ). Stopped running, walked about 200m with the intention to catch some breath, do some uphill intervals and call it a day. Then decided to suck it up and continue, to train the mental struggle to finish the damn 5K as fast as you can no matter what. So i resumed and i ended up with my second best time ever at that course i train, under bad conditions and with no warmup. Happy. Also happy about the sub-36 6K.

Sunday was off.

Plan for this week:
Monday : squats , maybe some stationary bike too.
Tuesday : intervals and/or fartlek
Wednesday : warmed up 5K course PR attempt
Thursday : long very slow run
Friday : rest
Saturday : race

10 October 2019

Bodyweight@session : ???
Soreness : some glutes
Injuries/aches : none

1½ hours full court basketball.
Much improved fitness suddenly. Was a nice surprise. Gassed out at about 20 minutes of play though. After that i had to skip as many plays as i played hard.
No rim jumps. Vert is bad generally. Mediocre. And most of my game was always based on jumping well above average. Most of the joy too , e.g. seeing the fear of being blocked in their eyes.
Im keeping an eye open to see how my body adapts to bball and if i get any hops back, its been 10 months off and now just 4 times i played. It may come back
If it doesn't, im not really sure there is a reason to keep playing, sad but true. Oh well, we'll see, no rush , just noting it.