Me and my running buddy!
What a great opportunity this weather provides us with regards to our fitness training! (Stay POSITIVE and you’ll enjoy the results!) On Monday I focused on a 2 hour trainer ride keeping my heart rate at an even keel of 146′ish, the top of aerobic threshold. This is so important for all of us to fit into our weekly workouts, because in the narrow band width of your aerobic threshold you are teaching your body how to efficiently burn FAT for Fuel. This will come in very handy this summer when you want to race, hike, bike, or adventure-seek for an hour+ time frame. This is your absolute optimal intensity for increasing your endurance, your body is recruiting all your slow twitch muscle fibers without accessing the fast twitch muscle fibers, maximizing fat burning and minimizing injury risk and recovery time.
Forgot my bike!
Today I went for an hour run at Fountain Head, up and down the nicely cleared driveway. Apparently the bike trails are OPEN?? If I had known that I would have definitely gone for a ride for sure!!!
Good for you! While I shoveled quite a bit, I couldn’t get out to run or swim for like 4 days. I finally got out this morning and did some track work although it was along Franconia Road. I’m a religious follower so keep up the posts!
Nice to see you’re back and blogging.. BTW, running on a treadmill is horrible, no matter what kind of goals you’re trying to reach! Plus at this rate of melting, trails will be a sloppy mess until the middle of March, lol. What a crazy winter. Just keep telling yourself that if you can make it through this winter, you can make it through any winter.