Christmas week

A week off work is a good time to get some training in.

Like most people, I consumed about a million calories over the two or three days surrounding Christmas this year and figured with Robin and most other friends gone for the week, I would be able to get in a good week of training.

Aside from some marathon sessions of Oblivion, I managed to get out almost every day so far for at least an hour of exercise, alternating a day of cycling with running. I feel good and have decided that now is the time to jump into Base 2 training (my version of it anyways). I've moved from keeping my HR below 135 to aiming between 124-155, as calculated from a formula Mark Allen prescribes on his website (www.markallenonline.com/base.htm I think). This means slightly harder workouts, which I have been craving lately since staying below aerobic threshold means going pretty slow and light.

Viva la aerobic training time!