Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Finding My Threshold – Maximal Lactate Steady State Test.
Lactate is a commonly used term in endurance training, and generally, we use the term lactate when referring to “threshold” training or super hard efforts. Measuring the lactate concentration in our blood can give us insight into how physically demanding a task is. The lactate concentration in our blood acts as a proxy for the…
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How I Prescribe a Running Workout – Running Science
There are several factors I take into consideration when I’m prescribing a workout. What’s the goal? Who’s it for? What event are they doing? How does it fit into their plan? Is it too hard? For example, 10x 2km @ 90% threshold pace with 2min recovery no more than 60% threshold, Is a big session,…
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Coros Vs Garmin – 13 Reasons Why I’m Sticking with Garmin
After a few months of using my Coros Apex 46mm, I noticed Coros has a lot of catching up to do to get on par with Garmin’s features and third-party compatibility. Summary first; If you’re only interested in GPS, battery life and value for money, go for the Coros If you want features like Strava…
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Getting Started with a Running Power Meter
Step 1. Get a Running Power Meter My recommendation in order of preference. (I have no affiliation with any company) Stryd Foot Pod Garmin HRMrun, HRMtri, HRMpro Coros Watch Polar Watch Garmin run pod Apple Watch (Need at least WatchOS 9) Runscribe *Important for stryd users* Set your watch to use the Stryd as your…
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Scientifically Explaining My 3000m Run. Critical Power, Anaerobic Work Capacity and Specificity.
9:18:07 min, 3000m, 3:06min/km (4:83min/mile). Going into the race, my goal was to run under 9 minutes. It was an ambitious goal, to say the least. Not only was I amidst training for the 2021 Tarawera 102km Ultramarathon, but my previous 3000m performance was 9:45:87 (3:15min/km). I prepared by polarising (long slow | short fast)…
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Running Critical Power Calculator (rCP). Dr Will’s 1 & 5 method
When stryd uses it’s “auto-CP” it takes a 90-day window and applies a decay for 30-day segments. It appears like their calculation prioritises time in their calculations. The problem with using time is you only get a snapshot of a larger effort unless you specifically did a best effort for that time. An example is…
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You’re Not Overtraining, You’re Under Recovering
That’s like when the bike shop says you’re gonna need a new cassette. Yea shot mate, I’ll sort that out ASAP 😒. The end goal drives the plan. Your goal is, or at least should be, to improve in training and be at your best on race day. Fundamentally, more is better. Greater stress means…
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Connecting Zwift with TrainingPeaks
Supported structured workout types -Duration (as a % of FTP (Power)) and RPE for bike workouts and, distance and % of FTP (pace) for running workouts. Cadence supported for bike workouts Login to Zwift.com and make sure your TrainingPeaks athlete account is linked on the Zwift connections page. When you login to the Zwift app…
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Running Power. Why you need to get on board with the future of running
Spending $200usd on a piece of kit that isn’t shoes and isn’t a watch is an outrageous proposition to any runner. In fact, I recall being ridiculed for buying a GPS watch (Garmin 405) in 2010! Over the last decade, runners have accepted GPS devices and understood their true value – uploading to Strava and…
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How I Used the Run-walk method to run 2hrs 45min
“Giving up on my very public 2:40 goal was the most critical and hardest decision of my race.” Run for 19min walk for 1min – repeat In my initial blog, I wrote about using the run-walk method to run a sub 2:40 marathon. (read that article here). The plan was to run for 19min @…
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