Week 7 Run 3

[markbrom]

I did it but it felt tough. A tiny bit slower overall than two days ago but a faster mile and a faster two miles in there Strava tells me. My “concern” is - why is my VO2max starting to fall, I would have expected improvement - it did for the first five weeks? That not be a running question 😊

[Tasha99 Graduate]

You’ve only just started running. It’s far too early to think about VO2 max and pace! Just slow right down and get to the end of the programme. VO2 max fluctuates a lot. With longer runs, fatigue sets in and drops. Take it with a pinch of salt. Look at it over months, not days.

[markbrom in reply to Tasha99]

Hoorah - it’s a shame our watches and apps give us all this data isn’t it 🤔

[Tasha99 Graduate in reply to markbrom]

Drive myself mad with it 🤣

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

A drop in VO2max can be caused by overtraining, but is more likely a blip. The only readings that are significant are those that show a trend over time.Slowing down to the recommended easy conversational pace makes it more achievable and for most, more enjoyable and counterintuitively, will develop your body more effectively than pushing hard.

Say this sentence out loud to yourself "Am I going slow enough to enable me to speak this sentence in one out breath?" If you cannot, you are going too fast.

[markbrom in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Thank you I suspect it probably is the exertion of the three runs then - I haven’t been used to that much cardio for a decade. Thank you as always 😊