My training isn't going to set anyone's mind alight with interest, but hopefully one day it will provide a good indicator of what I went through to get to the top of Kili.
Last night I wasn't blessed with a great deal of time, so I opted for speed instead, and set myself the challenge of getting to the top of 82 floors as quickly as possible.
Racing up such a long flight of stairs is difficult, go to slow and the result is obvious against the clock, go to fast and risk having to stop or have leg fatigue/lactic acid kick in too soon and too harsh.
So I set myself the target of 20 mins, knowing that we usually take around 25 minutes at an average pace.
I started badly, far too fast, and within 10 floors the burn set in my calves, I took this on board and slowed back down to 5 Minute per 21 floor pace. I soon hit an excellent rhythm and flew up the next 40 flights. All the while I was calculating how long the next ten floors would take and how much time I could save. When should I start running?
Bearing in mind by floor 60 my heart was beating out of my chest, I stepped up a gear, only 30 secs faster per 10 floors but it made such a difference to how I felt, my heart was now audible above the Biffy Clyro songs blaring from my Ipod.
Floor 70, time to jog. Psyching myself up I broke into a jog, it lasted 3 floors before wanting to be sick.
9 Floors left, cant stop, cant go slower, cant be sick, just keep moving.
7 Floors left, why have these stairs got longer? Why are they taking so long? Has this got harder? I need to stop
5 Floors left, Go faster, don't be sick, go faster. don't be sick, don't be sick
3 Floors, run , run , run
1 Floors left, elation.
Heart currently thudding through my chest at 165 Bpm
19 Minutes and 20 seconds
Now onto the gym, much more to do!
Last night I wasn't blessed with a great deal of time, so I opted for speed instead, and set myself the challenge of getting to the top of 82 floors as quickly as possible.
Racing up such a long flight of stairs is difficult, go to slow and the result is obvious against the clock, go to fast and risk having to stop or have leg fatigue/lactic acid kick in too soon and too harsh.
So I set myself the target of 20 mins, knowing that we usually take around 25 minutes at an average pace.
I started badly, far too fast, and within 10 floors the burn set in my calves, I took this on board and slowed back down to 5 Minute per 21 floor pace. I soon hit an excellent rhythm and flew up the next 40 flights. All the while I was calculating how long the next ten floors would take and how much time I could save. When should I start running?
Bearing in mind by floor 60 my heart was beating out of my chest, I stepped up a gear, only 30 secs faster per 10 floors but it made such a difference to how I felt, my heart was now audible above the Biffy Clyro songs blaring from my Ipod.
Floor 70, time to jog. Psyching myself up I broke into a jog, it lasted 3 floors before wanting to be sick.
9 Floors left, cant stop, cant go slower, cant be sick, just keep moving.
7 Floors left, why have these stairs got longer? Why are they taking so long? Has this got harder? I need to stop
5 Floors left, Go faster, don't be sick, go faster. don't be sick, don't be sick
3 Floors, run , run , run
1 Floors left, elation.
Heart currently thudding through my chest at 165 Bpm
19 Minutes and 20 seconds
Now onto the gym, much more to do!
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