It was only 8 minutes for the 1st set, faster than the typical 8.5 minutes. The peak heartrate is about the same as usual. The legs get more tired. It is a good 50 minutes workout.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Stair Climbing
After a pause of stair climbing for 2 weeks, I am back on it again. This time, I don't have enough time to do 40 x 4. Therefore, I go for a higher intensity training with 40 x 3. I took 6-7 floors of 2-step-a-time and then 3-4 floors of 1-step-a-time.
It was only 8 minutes for the 1st set, faster than the typical 8.5 minutes. The peak heartrate is about the same as usual. The legs get more tired. It is a good 50 minutes workout.
It was only 8 minutes for the 1st set, faster than the typical 8.5 minutes. The peak heartrate is about the same as usual. The legs get more tired. It is a good 50 minutes workout.
MacLehose Trail training
I returned to Hong Kong to join the trailwalker team for a training. It was originally planned as a LOOONG training starting from stage 2 and ended after stage 4. It was intended for a very long hike of 14 hours.
We have a team of 6, gathered at Sai Kung at 9am. Took a cab a the start of stage 2. Warm up and start hiking at around 10am.
The weather was hot, humid and without any wind. Very quick, during the uphill section to a 300m hill, my heartrate goes through the roof, hitting 170+. I have to slow down and take many break in the shade.
I sweat a lot and drink more than I was planned. After the first half of stage 2, we took a break at a store. One of the team member is not going well with the hot weather and is losing pace. He decided to pull off. Top up with water/isotonic drink and started again at around 12:30pm. In the mid-day and hot weather, I was consuming about 1 liter fluid per hour. With the slow pace, it took 5 hours to finish stage 2 (including various breaks). And we have some tough decision to make at the start of stage 3. There is no convenient exit point. You have to commit to go for the whole stage 3 which I estimated to take 5 hours. It was 3:30pm and we suppose to meet other team member at 7pm at end of stage 3. It is no way that we can finish in time.
And the end, we stop at end of stage 2, defeated by the hot weather.
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We have a team of 6, gathered at Sai Kung at 9am. Took a cab a the start of stage 2. Warm up and start hiking at around 10am.
The weather was hot, humid and without any wind. Very quick, during the uphill section to a 300m hill, my heartrate goes through the roof, hitting 170+. I have to slow down and take many break in the shade.
I sweat a lot and drink more than I was planned. After the first half of stage 2, we took a break at a store. One of the team member is not going well with the hot weather and is losing pace. He decided to pull off. Top up with water/isotonic drink and started again at around 12:30pm. In the mid-day and hot weather, I was consuming about 1 liter fluid per hour. With the slow pace, it took 5 hours to finish stage 2 (including various breaks). And we have some tough decision to make at the start of stage 3. There is no convenient exit point. You have to commit to go for the whole stage 3 which I estimated to take 5 hours. It was 3:30pm and we suppose to meet other team member at 7pm at end of stage 3. It is no way that we can finish in time. And the end, we stop at end of stage 2, defeated by the hot weather.
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Lets Take a walk 30km training
This year, I am not intended to join the Lets take a walk. But I still join the training. This training starts from the Tampines sports hall and ended in Ang Mo Kio MRT station.
We stop at the Central for lunch. The walking pace is generally leisure. Ranging from 10 to 15 minutes/km. I was wearing the Kayano Walker but feel that the size is a bit too small for this long distance.
We stop at the Central for lunch. The walking pace is generally leisure. Ranging from 10 to 15 minutes/km. I was wearing the Kayano Walker but feel that the size is a bit too small for this long distance.
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