Last weeks goal was:
Run 9km over the two days that I am at the forest recreation ground.
This weeks goal was:
Run 10km over the two days that I am at the forest recreation ground (5km each day)
On Monday and Friday I ran an increased distance of 5km.
On Monday I ran a distance of 5km. I also set the aim of running it in 1 hour. I did this to improve my cardiovascular endurance as running increases my heart rate and adapts it to higher levels of exercise. As a result this improves my cardiovascular endurance, allowing me to participate in exercise for a long period of time without becoming tired or exhausted. I moved even closer to the 1 hour goal on this day as it took me 1 hour and 5 minutes compared to the 1 hour and 15 minutes that it took me on Friday last week. I found the session easy as I was able to run the distance without stopping and in a faster time, results in me having an improved cardiovascular endurance and therefore my training programme was a success.
On Friday I ran the same distance as I did on Monday and aimed to do it in the same amount of time (1 hour). Unfortunatly I completed the session in the same amount of time as I did on Monday, therefore taking me 1 hour and 5 minutes.
Even though I didn't succeed in my target time I still feel that my cardiovascular endurance has improved and therefore my macrocycle has been effective. I feel this because when I first ran this distance in the 1 hour time limit it took me 1 hour and 30 minutes and now I am able to run the distance in 1 hour and 5 minutes. This proves that my cardiovascular endurance has increased.
I set my target to run 10km this week as I think that this was a reasonable distance to run over 2 days as I have been increasing the distance by 1km each week. This was my sixth week of the training programme and I was used to the distances that I have been running and the intensities of the training session. I found the distance to run quite easy as I was commited to completing the run and wanted to make sure that I pushed myself to the max. Also my cardiovascular endurance has increased dramatically and therefore I was able to run this distance easily. Last week I ran 9km over the 2 days that I was at the forest recreation ground and this week I have increased the distance by 1km. I feel that an extra 0.5km to run this week will improve my cardiovascular endurance further and therefore I will be one step closer to my overall goal.
I set my target to run 10km this week as I think that this was a reasonable distance to run over 2 days as I have been increasing the distance by 1km each week. This was my sixth week of the training programme and I was used to the distances that I have been running and the intensities of the training session. I found the distance to run quite easy as I was commited to completing the run and wanted to make sure that I pushed myself to the max. Also my cardiovascular endurance has increased dramatically and therefore I was able to run this distance easily. Last week I ran 9km over the 2 days that I was at the forest recreation ground and this week I have increased the distance by 1km. I feel that an extra 0.5km to run this week will improve my cardiovascular endurance further and therefore I will be one step closer to my overall goal.
On Tuesday I increased the intensity of the work out. I was able to increase the intensity of the work out by increasing the amount of time I spent on each of the exercise machines. I found the training session at the gym quite challenging; this is good for my body as it will train my heart rate and increase my cardiovascular endurance.
On Thursday I found the training session at the gym challenging again! I did the same training session as I did on Tuesday. However, it is good that I found it challenging as it shows that the training session are good for my body as it will train my heart rate and increase my cardiovascular endurance.
Seeing as this was the last week of my macrocycle I wont be setting any further goals for my training programmes.
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