Bonk?!?
On Tuesday morning, I set out for an 11-mile run. About 3 miles into it, I just wasn't feeling it and headed home. Although it was hot and humid, if I could've found a bathroom I may have been able to continue. Was feeling a little heavy, you know? Total mileage for the morning was 6 miles.
Tuesday afternoon, the plan was to do a 5-mile run (Ortega River Run course) to get my mileage in for the day. I started off feeling pretty good, and was maintaining an 8:00/mile pace, but going over the US 17 bridge was a real booger. A thunderstorm was rolling in and the wind was blowing me sideways. Looking at the HR chart, I maxed out at 165, so nothing too terrible. But for some reason, once I got on McGirts, the HR spiked. Way up there. I couldn't muster energy to save my life. I was carrying a bottle of Heed and started hitting it pretty good, but still no luck. The last 3 miles were miserable. There are a couple of dips in the chart, and that is where I slowed down and walked for a little bit.
Still not sure what happened on Tuesday. I didn't do anything on Sunday, and only swam 3000 yards on Monday. I took Wednesday off. Yesterday I swam 3000 and did a 25-mile bike ride. I felt fine. Today is another swim and then another 60-mile long loop ride tomorrow.
Comments
Holy smoke!! If that is a correct HR graph, you were killing yourself. You spent ~ 25 minutes above 170 bpm!! If you're running at an endurance pace and your HR response is through the roof, you need to turn around and call it a day. You're either dehydrated, tired or both. Discretion as the better part of valor type thing. Are you taking any rest weeks where you cut back on the training time to give your body a chance to adapt to the stress? Fuel up for tomorrow, it's gonna be a scorcher.
McLamb
Posted by: Mike McLamb | July 6, 2007 3:48 PM