That? Was like running through treacle.

[Maddee_6333]

So having graduated - again - post injury, I thought I’d make a start on getting faster, so I told MapMyFitness to make me a plan. I’ve done this with no problem before, but for some reason this time round it decided that my first ‘easy’ Run should be 7+k at 7.29m/km.

Possibly unwisely I decided to concentrate on doing the whole 7+k rather than run at the correct pace for as long as I could, as the former seemed like something I could accomplish. Which I did - not helped by accidentally putting the app on pause towards the end of the run. But wow... my legs feel wonky now, even after stretching as I walked back to the car.

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Ok... I think you need to book some flights to Baltimore... find the person at Under Armour responsible for the algorithm and give them a good slap. Easy? How’s the hard day looking???

Well done completing!

[Maddee_6333 Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Bizarrely the Long Run is shorter 🧐

The ‘fast’ interval run is 2 x 2 minutes at 5.28/k with a 3 minute rest in between, which I could manage last year, but I doubt I can now 😝

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to Maddee_6333]

The Nike app goes the other way... when I start a plan it gives me target paces that I can walk! I just run a couple of weeks without caring on pace and then it adapts to me... I’m assuming UA do similar... I usually have my plan by week 4/5 😂

[Maddee_6333 Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

The MyAsics plan used to do that to me 😂

There’s a ‘test’ run at the end of week 2 that’s supposed to help adapt it, so fingers crossed.

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to Maddee_6333]

Yeah... Nike do benchmarking... 7 minutes warm up jog... try to kill yourself for 3 minutes... then jog 5 (usually I have to walk the first 2). I’m on week 8 with my current one and it’s currently looking perfect... some of the sprint intervals in week 20 look optimistic 😂 but the immediately upcoming weeks look pretty much spot on.

[Maddee_6333 Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

I think I need to switch to Nike! The MapMyFitness test is warm up run, run your fastest for 12 minutes, cool down. 😳

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to Maddee_6333]

There’s “fastest” and then there’s “fastest”. Obviously being a bloke when I first benchmarked “fastest” meant sprint, despite the fact the best Olympic athletes can only do this for 45-50 seconds I was going to do 180 seconds... that didn’t end well 😂

[Maddee_6333 Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

😂 Sprinting is something I haven’t attempted in several decades 😂

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to Maddee_6333]

I can do about 10 yards 😂

[Maddee_6333 Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

😁

[deadandalive Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

You’re referring to Nike Run Club yeah?

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to deadandalive]

Yes, that’s the one I use... I’m sure UA and Strava premium are good too.