Half halfmarathon...(almost)

So - today was sort of a small testday. The temperature has fallen a little bit (only 26 degrees), and the was a little breeze. So off I went around Sognsvann. Met a collegue, so I chatted for some minutes. Did three loops around Sognsvann, which is 9774 meter. Ran the first loop in one go, and the two others after the principle of run/walk. That means 9 minutes of running and then one minute walking (or oneandahalf minute...). Spent one hour and 10 minutes in total. My pulse is still too high, I guess, average was 163 and max was 178. I still wonder was my max HR is, maybe I have to chech one day...

Anyway: was kinda very sweatty after finishing, but think that I could have managed more. And that I actually are able to run for a while. The half marathon isn´t quite that scary anymore.

Running with a non-jogger

A very easy jog around Sognsvann with a non-jogger yesterday. It´s only 3,3 K, but sometimes even that is quite much. I had forgotten how hard it get be. Did the loop in 29 minutes, so that wasn´t bad for my friend. (But the winner in the race Sognsvann Rundt Medsols did it in 10 minutes, but that is out of reach anyway...)

I felt back in shape again, so the body seem to cope now. Maybe I should try a longer route today...?

Still exhausted

I thought that my bloodloss from yesterday couldn´t affect me today, but it probably did...I wanted to run several times around Sognsvann, but I had to give in after one (3,3 K). It took me 25 minutes (had to walk the last 500 meters...). Well, I´ll try to rest tomorrow, and then take another easy jog on Thursday, and a longer one this weekend.

PS: But the bath in the water afterwards, was perfect. I love these hot summer nights!

Loss of blood

Well, I did´t really figure it out why I felt so fatigue until the end of my second lap around Voldsløkka tonight. I should have guessed earlier. I just thought it was strange to be so tired and exhausted. First I thought it was the heat (25 degrees), but then it hit me: This morning I went to give a away 450 ml of blood at the hospital (in Norwegian: "The blood bank")! No wonder my body can feel the loss. I think the human body has around 5-6 litres of blood, so almost half a litre is quite a lot, actually. You figure it out! (the percentage I mean)

Holiday

After two weeks of holidaying (relaxing + a few runs, one session of squash and painting a boat house) I´m back in the city again. These summer weeks of July are really strange - it seems like 90 percent of everybody has escaped some where else, and the few of us left has the area for ourselves.

So I spent my Thursday night jogging all the way up to Maridalsvannet and back. My plan was to Stilla and back, but since I felt kinda good, I took it a little bit further.

It all took one hour and 30 minutes. I realised that I run best after 30 minutes, and that my knee starts aching after 1.30....so I should start some strenghtening training for that poor knee and maybe some good interval training to get my pace up.

The cold facts are: Heartrate max 175, average 150, 710 kcal.

Shiny sun

The summer is definately here again, and today there was 25+ in the shadow. Went up to Sognsvann and ran one time around the water. Not many other people were running, probably because of the heat and maybe a lot of people have already left on holiday. Used 20 minutes around the water (3,2 K). A little bit too fast for me, but OK for a check. Result: Not quite there were I want to be....I wouldn´t exactly be able to keep this speed for 21 K...my HR max was 187, average at 174. Way too high!