Makes sense to me too. Lucky I have a 75 minute spin class once a week. And lucky I have an instructor whose humor gets me through the first 45 minutes or so. Those last rounds around the "track" are so much easier! And each round I can leave a little more resistance on in the recovery phase, then add the same number of turns as we hit the "hills", so when we get to the final round I'm actually doing some work. Now I just need to find a route that will do the same. (And get my bike back from CA.)
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04-30-2006, 05:30 AM #1
The Hills! The Hills! Eek
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Half-marathon over. Sabbatical year over. It's back to "sacking shirt and oat cakes" as they say here.
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04-30-2006, 05:18 PM #2
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What a good topic. I've found the same thing, especially since I face inclines soon no matter how I turn from the driveway. For me, it's about 20 minutes of thinking "whose big idea was this, I'm lousy, blah, blah, blah" and then...then...
The trainer I work with, the masters champ, is FANATICAL about long warm ups. I think that even if you're younger and can get away without them, your body will hold up better in the long run if you warm up well.
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04-30-2006, 06:08 PM #3
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I am 33... and it usually takes me about 5 miles to get into the zone. Which equals about 20-25 minutes.
Then, if I stop, I have to get warmed up again... even if I have already done 10 or 20 miles.
And, when I have done gym workouts... I tend to really start feeling it about 30-40 minutes into it.
Here's how I see it though... I was built for distance... endurance... and someday that will get me through a 1/2 Ironmand and then possibly and Ironman.
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