Oleg Stepo
Week 7 (part 1) On Tuesday I did a test run of my new pair of running shoes Kalenji, which I had bought at the sport discounter “Decathlon” for a temporary replacement of my other new pair ASICS Kayano 20 that in turn I bought online through the Internet. So until I get my ASICS for about $150 I will run in Kalenji for $15. That day I ran 15 km and I have to admit my feelings have been pretty good. On Thursday it was the MAF test two day. I was entitled to expect the result better than it was in MAF test one. I did a lot of work before. But I was wrong. I ran that MAF test run slower and with a higher level of my heart rate. Can it really be true, I have no progress from my training? I think it is not exactly so. The conditions of those two tests are rather different. Firstly, I ran in different pairs of shoes. I think it might reflect to my result. Secondly, and it was more important, the weather conditions were absolutely different. My first test run was on the asphalt. The wind was 3 m/s. It was snowing during my second run. It was a snow pillow under my feet. The wind was 6 m/s. It blew in my face when I had run uphill. So results of these two tests are not quite comparable to each other. Let’s look at a result of my third MAF test which I am planning to run in late January.
Dec 22, 2014 5:13 PM
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Week 7 (part 1)

On Tuesday I did a test run of my new pair of Kelenji running shoes Kalenji, which I had bought at the Decathlon sports discounter “Decathlon” for a temporary replacement of my other new pair of ASICS Kayano 20 that in turn I bought online on/through the Internet. So until I get my ASICS for about $150, I will run in my Kalenjis for $15. That day I ran 15 km, and I have to admit that I felt pretty good.

On Thursday it was the day of my second MAF test two day.   I was entitled to expect a result which was better than the result of my first MAF test one.  I had done a lot of work before the second test.  But I was wrong. I ran that MAF test run slower and with a faster heart rate. Can it really be true that I made no progress from my training? I don't think it's exactly that. The conditions of those two tests were rather different. Firstly, I ran in different pairs of shoes. I think that might be reflected in my results. Secondly, and it was more importantly, the weather conditions were absolutely different. My first test run was on the asphalt. The wind was blowing at 3 m/s. It was snowing during my second run. It was like a snow pillow under my feet. The wind was blowing at 6 m/s. It blew in my face when I ran uphill. So the results of these two tests are not quite comparable to each other. Let’s look at a result of my third MAF test which I am planning to run in late January.

 

I like to run through the snow at 5 a.m.   That way I finish my run before my brain knows what I'm doing!!

December 24, 2014
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