22nd Aug Wed

Didn't expected to rain the whole noon until night and so glad I already planned to run indoor treadmill in the late noon. The idea of me switching from hill running on road to treadmill is that the road is typical cambered (drainage system) and might not be good for long duration pounding with the body leaning one side more, imbalance weight distribution. Over the years of running my left Achilles is no longer as strong and elastic as before. Sign of Haglund's Deformity is getting more obvious now and I have to train smarter without aggravate any further calcification. Cambered road will just add more unwanted sideway stress to the body's structure and connective tissues.

Hence treadmill machine offers a more balance platform and advantages is there no worry about vehicles or other external elements. Although the debate on treadmill running has its both sides of argument but definitely it has a place in quality training if we know how to plant it. Like most runners I dread to run on treadmill or rather called it "Dreadmill" as it is boring although technically it is supposed to be easier with a belt, air-conditioned environment and suspension platform but the PRE seems to be higher than running the same pace on road. That is why some latest researches suggested to add a bit of inclination up to 1%-1.5% to make up for the lack of wind resistance inside the gym. To make full use of treadmill I typically use it specially for hill training instead of easy run and the randomized hill elevation make the workout exciting and unpredictable.

Nowaday I'm training with an additional quantifiable tool called "Stryd" footpod. It works like HR monitor except it tracks power output instead of heart rate. The concept was originated for cyclists and now it is available for runners. Power output is an important metric to improve if you want to run faster. Read more on their site if you like to seek a breakthrough in your performance https://www.stryd.com/

Anyway back to the topic, today workout was to maintain my neuromuscular strength in running and deposit some fatigue to Sunday where I will attempt to run close or slightly faster than targeted marathon pace of 4min/km as part of a lead up to Berlin. This is to simulate the 2nd half of the marathon instead of running with fresh legs. As they say hill is speed in disguise and it is better to bank in some power in the legs than get busted by traffic police (injury) because speed kill. Hope you get my point. The workout is shown in the caption in the video or you can follow my strava.

Due to copyright issue I have to create my own impromptu music from scratch tonight. Hope you enjoy and please do share and 'like' so I can be motivated to create more contents. #backkickers #selfcoach #runslowtorunfast #marathon #stravarunner #garminsg #stryd