The Long Slow Run - Getting A Bit Muddy On A Lap Round Town.

The Long Slow Run - it's not High Intensity!
My "threshold" is between the two short bars on the far right.
The two tallest bars are at about 85% and 90% of my threshold.
(this is a screenshot of a real run taken from my Training Peaks account)

The Long Slow Run.
A classic training technique.

It's not much to do with how fast you go - it is about stretching the distance.
It's not about being so dead beat at the end you can't move - it is about pacing yourself round, so you finish in "good order" - maybe a bit creaky, but not too much.

My Favourite Training Peaks Features

With Training Peaks, you can get all sorts of charts set up.
This one shows the longest ride I have completed in any given week, going back over the last 6 months.
For folks interested in longer sportives, this sort of information is important.
You can't train for a 5-hour event just by doing "hard" one hour rides!

Introduction

hi.
A new blog from me.
It was pointed out (by Kermit Green, as it happens) that my cycling blog was getting rather a lot of "training"/"fitness" stuff in it.
That, of course, included more than just cycling.
(The heart is the heart, and sustained zone 2 work increases the stroke volume whether you are cycling/running/swimming, or doing any other aerobic sport.
At the same time, I don't have much of an interest in swimming, so this is NOT going to be a "Triathlon" blog.
So expect stuff about cycling and running here.
Other stuff will be here too, if it is relevant, but this blog will have a bit more of a sports/fitness theme, so my other blog (Second Gear) will become more of a "general" cycling blog.