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Wednesday, December 6, 2006

Run Benchmark

Today was a treadmill running benchmark. The data will be used to determine how my training is progressing.

The test is supposed to be a track test consisting of running a 4k time trial (10 laps on the track) at a moderately hard pace, such that you finish feeling as though you could have run several more laps. In adapting it to a treadmill, the goal is to have a ballpark figure as to how long the 4k track workout would take you, and then run for that amount of time (no longer than 20 minutes). Not being a great runner, I guessed 4k would take me about 18 minutes at a moderately difficult pace. Here are the results:

SplitTimeSpeedRPEAVG HR
~1k

4:30

8.5-8.77146
~2k9:008.5-8.77165
~3k13:308.5-8.77.5167
~4k18:008.5-8.77.5169
Total18:008.6 (avg)-162

I have no idea what this means yet, as this was my first benchmark test. Tune in for later benchmarks to compare.

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