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sgw on July 2, 2021 at 2:51 am · in reply to: manual entries in sportswatch logs? #55372

To me that sounds too technical again 😉 but sure, if there was an affordable kind of whiteboard in my livingroom that syncs with various services that would somehow enhance the sheet-of-paper-solution.

I always oscillate between embracing and avoiding technology, at least over the last years. It’s great to be able to plan and define training sessions using an app or a website. Having the parameters of a planned run in my watch is great, makes sense and motivates me. On the other hand (as you mentioned) the sheet of paper on my table gives me an overview. It’s great to see how it fills over time, the times/distances visible and easily there for a quick lookup. I also used some different colors .. worked great. Also the manual activity of scribbling/writing is rewarding, I assume it also has some neuro-feedback aspect maybe? (actually creating a plan, then doing something and checking things off)

The technical stuff sometimes sounds great in theory and then … disappoints sometimes in usability, reliability etc / my work contains a *lot* of problem solving in IT, so in my personal life I sometimes just tend to “less is more”. OK, I use that fat GPS watch, yes. not exactly “less”.

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sgw on June 20, 2021 at 8:14 am · in reply to: Overtraining Full Recovery #54985

Sorry for a bit of thread-hijacking, I don’t have a real answer here but want to share an experience I had last week (and I also try to determine if and when it’s over):

after a winter with ~5 months of doing the running training for a 50k (out of the book), with up to 80k per week, lately my activities focussed more on sportsclimbing, some road cycling and runs inbetween, some trailruns, and/or speedy hikes. So less mileage in running, but still quite active.

Last week I did a hike up a local mountain, ~15k/1200vert/2:56h … quite nice IMO, as I was only 12mins in Z3, the rest below. Felt fit, had the feeling that I was in control. Fast, but not racing, ran downhill the last half (to make it below 3hrs …): nice. No issues after, did some stretching in the evening. Next day climbing, good also, not especially tired or so. It was hot, so I came home in the afternoon, took a nap, and in the evening I decided to do an EASY run of around 8k flat, and hop into the river on my way back.

Did so: after 6k down to the river, went in for ~10 mins, then (without drying: no towel) returned home. Later some stretching, felt a bit stiff, but no pain or so.

At 3am in the morning I wake up with pain in my right knee, could’t find a position to fall asleep again. Over the next hours also my left ankle started hurting, so I basically had issues standing up and walking that day. I can’t remember a specific accident or any twisting or something … very strange. It took 3 days of rest to get this back down, tried easy cycling for a test and to loosen up things. I still feel a rest of that in my ankle, the knee is silent again …

I can’t remember such a “delayed” reaction, does someone have an idea what my body went through here? For sure I somehow did too much, at least that’s my explanation.

Now I am warned in a way and take it easy. High temperatures help to keep the ball low, did some cycling in the morning to test and recreate.

And a swim in the evening, just too cool down and regenerate.

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sgw on June 6, 2021 at 10:21 am · in reply to: manual entries in sportswatch logs? #54637

Thanks for remembering me to ignore “that stuff” 😉

I tend to try some handwritten notes maybe (shocking, yes, I am an IT-guy).

I had a large (DIN A0, that’s european … about 35×49 inches) sheet of paper when doing my 5 month program in winter. Every week I planned the upcoming week (of running) and wrote down the kms done every day. And for climbing days I at least marked the day with a “C” in a different color or so. That was motivating, to see how I worked through all that plan.

For sure, Garmin Connect also logged the runs in detail.
And I often pre-planned the actual runs as trainings on the watch: how far, which zone … so the watch could give me feedback. That was also helpful.

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sgw on May 11, 2021 at 6:05 am · in reply to: vertical speed records #53869

Thanks for the clarification, Steve.

1000m/hr is way more reasonable to me and also in the range of what I am able to do, even now, a bit older.

I took the effort to find the mentioning of that goal in my ebook of TftNA and it really says:

“To match or better Messner’s 1,000-meter-per-half-hour uphill running time.”

So it was quoted wrong there, wasn’t it? (just feedback, no rant …)

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sgw on May 3, 2021 at 2:57 am · in reply to: vertical speed records #53629

Yes, I fully agree.

So we’d have to ask Reinhold and Steve again? 😉

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sgw on March 15, 2021 at 6:47 am · in reply to: vertical speed records #52035

(turning on notifications. sorry, forgot the checkbox before)

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sgw on March 15, 2021 at 6:46 am · in reply to: vertical speed records #52034

I have that episode in my podcast queue already 😉

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sgw on March 1, 2021 at 1:50 am · in reply to: (im)patience #51396

I understand … and waited for that sooner or later 😉
Thanks so far, I learned and learn a lot here.

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sgw on February 28, 2021 at 1:53 am · in reply to: E- stim, different responce between left and right side #51341

In my experience that comes from slight differences in the placement of the pads.
If on one leg you are right on spot and on the other not -> different response.

Try moving the electrodes a bit, I assume we humans aren’t 100% symmetric 😉

Other reason I can think of: worn out pads, but that is unlikely if you bought the device new.

On my Compex device I can adjust the electrical signal for each canal: this also helps to fine-tune the contractions.

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sgw on February 23, 2021 at 1:10 pm · in reply to: Long, high elevation gain days #51162

following

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sgw on February 9, 2021 at 12:44 am · in reply to: Is ADS always when AeT is outside 10% of LT? #50620

by the way: where do these 10% come from? Is that a statistical number, is it a rule of thumb, or … ?

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sgw on February 8, 2021 at 9:11 am · in reply to: (im)patience #50575

Did that first run of the planned 2 back-to-back runs, and surprisingly my knee started to hurt a bit. I was able to finish, but somewhat slower. Maybe the climbing was more tiring than expected.

So I decided to skip the (shifted anyway) 2nd run and rest today.

Should I add another S-week now? I only ran 60k last week instead of the 80 in the plan.

For sure, at first rest that knee, roll, recover etc

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sgw on February 6, 2021 at 10:57 am · in reply to: (im)patience #50506

And now I lost track completely 😉 ->

Instead of a sprints yesterday and long run today … 2 times sports climbing, outdoors, who would have expected (in austrian “winter”)?

It was fun, and tiring as well. Tmrw worse weather, but good enough for those ~2 hrs and 24k again.

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sgw on February 2, 2021 at 2:27 pm · in reply to: Small Z3 after AeT/AnT Tests #50337

“Ah” as well: I don’t have to compare to your numbers 1:1 anymore … as I am way older 😉 / but sure, the same concepts apply and I will try to translate them into my range.

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sgw on February 2, 2021 at 2:00 pm · in reply to: (im)patience #50335

I read your reply back then and somewhat I forgot to reply or thank. Sorry.

Yes, appetite and cabin fever. I don’t think recovery happens that fast when it comes to my body. It’s more of that my mind (ego?) wants to do more. Or different stuff.

I mentioned that I completely switched over to doing flat (and more or less slow) distance running instead of any “real” mountain activities. Put in the miles, be patient, yep.

I see progress, nice. And I start to want to put that new power into action.

Which fits the plan, actually: I am in week 15 of the 50k run program … so that is the peak week in that plan before the tapering and the *goal*

Actually there is no defined goal. No race, no defined project.

A few ideas for some long mountain runs, but that depends on weather (snow: y/n) and logistics. Not problems to be solved by coaches in training forums, sure 😉

I think of starting a next block of training, this time with focus on vertical: collect ascent meters, not so much flat distance. Use the base built over the last months and transfer it into the hills and mountains around. Spring isn’t here yet, but it’s coming. Would that make sense?

I play with the thought of trying, no, doing a 50k round here in the next months. More ascent than my last months of building base, sure. It’s a local Ultra-Marathon, but I would do it on my own, no aid stations etc / that might be a goal.

For this I need to add more vert, sure. But I think the last 4 months built a base to work from.