Saturday, June 4, 2011

MAF Test 1

My first MAF test. I was looking forward to this, although it happened on a bit of a crazy day with work stuff. Got out to Oda field and it was incredibly packed with people. But I managed to score a locker, and just got out there and did my thing, trying not to get in the way of too many sprinters.
I did everything BF, which I was a little concerned about because Bob said the track was a bit rougher since being resurfaced, but in the end my feet were totally fine.
Took me a bit to figure out how to get my HRM to work in terms of tracking each 1000m interval, so I actually wrote each time down on a piece of paper each time, although it ended up being unnecessary.
I decided to make my max aerobic HR 143, and kept the lower limit 133
Here are the results

  1. 4:10/140
  2. 4:15/138
  3. 4:19/139
  4. 4:18/140
  5. 4:17/140
  6. 4:19/139
  7. 4:17/140
  8. 4:22/139
Obviously, it was bit tricky to actually keep my at that 143 average, will have to work on that. Also, didn't know how much rest to take between intervals, so I really didn't take any except to write down the time and reset my watch. Even that made my HR drop a bit, so I spend the first 100m or so getting it back up to speed. 
Will plan on doing this once a month, ideally under the same conditions. Overall I'm happy with the results, and would love to make this pace something I can do for long periods of time in a race. 

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