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Tuesday, 12 January 2010

Hells Bells!!

I just tried the Downward Spiral from Sufferfest.

I couldn't finish it. I couldn't even finish the first set of intervals. By the time I got to the 45 second interval my heart rate was at max and not coming down on the warm-downs. Game over.

Tomorrow I must try to go further.

That said, in the 23 minutes I survived, wattage peaked at 525 and was kept above 300 for the first 2 minute interval, total calories were 225 (not many I know) and 11km covered. If I can get to the point where I can finish one of these, I will know that I'm much fitter. That and the fact that perhaps at the moment I don't need to push it quite as hard.

2 comments:

  1. All this talk of high intensity work is making me nervous! I'm in my base training phase and keeping my heart rate down. Sufferfest sounds like much more fun though!

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  2. I gave the other Sufferfest offering a go (Fight Club) last week. By the time I finished the last effort I was almost sick to my stomach. Bags of fun though - can't wait to give it another try!

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