Running 80/20 + Couch to 5k

Morning of 5/16/23

In my past 2 weeks of new experiences running, or previous experiences coming back to light, has led me to start watching some videos on YouTube and reading some running articles. They have been about the 80/20 training method. I am by no means an expert after having seen a few videos and read a little about it. This made sense to me though, the gist of it is you do 80% of your training in Zone 2 of your heart rate and 20% in Zones 3 - 5. Zone 2 is roughly between 75% - 80% of your max heart rate and is the fat burning zone. Max heart rate is 220 subtract your age according the the CDC. So for me at age 42, my max heart rate is 178 and my Zone 2 heart rate it roughly between 133 - 143. 

After looking at my heart rate during my runs I saw that my heart rate was between 133 - 143 during a 0:15:00 - 0:16:00 minute mile. Which is slower than I have been running when it's time to run during my workout. So I am going to make that adjustment this week and see how I feel. My weekly runs will consist of 20% of my total minutes running for the week being in Zones 3-5. I will do those minutes during my Saturday morning running.

I am making this change to try it out, I think it will help. Since my runs are all roughly the same length for each week, it will also provide a little bit of a variety. So today is easy day 1.

Post Run Evening of 5/16/23

The run didn't happen. I had my running clothes in the dryer and the dryer failed to dry the clothes by the time.  Having the right clothes on for running is a must for me. By the time they were dry I wasn't in the mindset to run. Which now that I think about it means I should have ran. I will be running tomorrow during lunch.

Post Run Afternoon of 5/17/23

My run was 30 minutes today. By sticking between 15:00 - 16:00 minutes I wasn't completely out of gas by the last leg of the run. During my running portions I was at about a 15:30 - 15:45 mile. My average heart rate was 147, so higher than I want it to be, but the high was lower than in previous outings. So I stayed closer to 147 for the whole run. I'm thinking that my pace for my next run should be closer to a 16:00 mile to dial in on my target heart rate. So first run of 80/20 went well and I'll keep the experiment going.

The draw back to running in the middle of the day when it's 79 degrees outside is that I won't stop sweating for a while. I didn't get a drink until the 30 minute mark, but didn't feel dehydrated at all either. I will need to watch fluid consumption more as it gets hotter outside.

Thanks for reading.

-Riley

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