Things have gotten serious this week! For the first time I can say that a session was really challenging. Not to say that the previous weeks went without a sweat, but Session 4 this week has pushed me harder than expected.
The week consisted of dour sessions – two sets of lighter one first, than a harder one with higher heart-rate (thought short) requirement. In the last session you can see that in the end, after the last stonger and longer intervals the heart-rate did not come back quickly to the level where it should be. These as well have pushed a bit more the mental side, as they required 100% FTHR for longer than before (2 minutes).
The last interval set of Session 4 was reflecting something I would describe a two-minute climb and three-minute light descent from a small hill. You could feel your legs definately (and kees unfortunately) at the end of each high-effort interval. But it gave a lot of satisfation as well, as finally a more difficult challenge appeared.
This weeks summary:
Lessons Learned from this week: :
- if you feel strong and confident in your capabilities before an unknown event, beware. You may have overestimated your strength.
- after a few weeks of not letting go you start feeling your leg muscles after the trainings as well
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