Last weekend, a first test
was planned. At the indoor meeting of ETSU, I ran the invite mile as an
unattached runner. Beforehand, I knew that I would crash. The only question
was: “How far can I make it before the lactic acid kicks in” It was my first race
since we left Belgium mid-August.
My trainers of the High Performance Running Team wanted to know how far the base training would bring
me. As I did not do that much anaerobic capacity until now, there were no high
expectations in place. Anaerobic capacity is the total amount of energy obtainable
from all the anaerobic energy systems. This means we`re looking at a combined
amount of output for the ATP, phospho-creatine and lactic acid systems within a
certain period of time.
On the ATP side, I did 2
alactic trainings so far. Just to get that system stimulated after a long time.
On a lactic acid system side, there were no typical middle distance intervals
done before last Wednesday. Even that 4x400 workout does not even come close to
the interval sessions that we do in the Spring/Summer. As already
mentioned, the specificity of the trainings will only increase. As such, the anaerobic capacity trainings
become more and more part of the weekly load. This is needed to drive my
anaerobic threshold upwards in order to perform at a higher level for a longer
period of time. The goal would be to break my PB on 1500m this summer (3`45.73).
Right now, it was clear
that this was lacking. After a decent start, the pace was dropped as I was
moving in 3rd place. First lap was clocked at 64. The guys in the
back noticed this and took over. However, a 2`06 at 600 was still quite off the
target pace that I had in mind (60/61). Then I pushed on the next 400: 3`05,
but 100m further in the race, the lactic acid cruelly kicked in. The last 250m
were just embarrassing as I was not longer running resulting in a 4`17.52 mile. I was
hoping for a time between 4`05 and 4`10 but the end result satisfied the
coaches. The pictures will be posted later on this blog.
The coming weeks we will
drive the volume and the specificity upwards. Watch out, I`ll be ready in the summer!
Sportive regards,
Wout
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