Sunday, August 16, 2020

Mid-Summer Park Run & High Intensity Cardio

Aug. 16, 2020

In the old calendar 7th of August was the beginning of autumn. It doesn't feel like it because daytime highs hover around 35 degrees Celsius almost everyday. But this morning I thought the old calendar wasn't entirely off the mark. Though the temperature was already creeping up as of 8 a.m., the winds were dry and slightly cool even. The change of seasons was clearly in the air. 


But then once the sun is high, a sign of the approaching next season is quickly pushed aside by the still dominant summer, and there is no way to miss the benefit of its intense heat in order to maximize your cardio-vascular capacity.

Today I jogged 1 K, and did high intensity cardio for a minute, and repeated it 4 times, and then wrap up the training with one final 1 K jog. Well, the truth of the matter is I intended to do 5 sets in total, but then when I finished the 5th jog, I was so feeble I had little glycogen left in my tank, so I had no choice but call it for a day. 

1 K: 5:51.81
High intensity cardio: 1:00.00
1 K: 6:20.40
High intensity cardio: 1:00.00
1 K: 6:39.42
High intensity cardio: 1:00.00
1 K: 6:07.36
High intensity cardio: 1:00.00
1 K: 6:10.61
Total 5 K: 37:49.82

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