Zombies 2 day 1

[liv]

I've been moving house and suffering quite a lot with asthma the past couple of weeks, so this was my first run for a while. I decided to use the transition from Season 1 to Season 2 of the zombies as a cue to change my training regime, particularly because I want to build up to actually running 5K again, which I haven't done for some months.

Today my lungs still weren't feeling that great so I decided to go for slower running over a longer distance: 36 minutes at 6.7 kph, then completed the rest of the 5 km at a brisk, 6 kph walk. 6.7 kph is a pace I can manage fairly comfortably and just keep going, so I didn't struggle too much with 4 km in 36 minutes. I covered 5 km in a smidge over 46 minutes, but I wasn't actually running the whole way. I definitely find it more enjoyable, both during the run and in terms of an endorphin buzz afterwards, to run slower for longer distances than push myself to go as fast as I can. But I don't always have enough time for long, slow runs and I do still want to improve my best pace if I can.

I set Season 2 Mission 1 to an hour of play rather than 30 minutes. Another fun, engaging story, though I'm a bit confused about what happened between the end of Season 1 and here. My plan is to alternate between continuing to try for 30 minutes at a steady 7.5 kph, and extending my time at 6.7 kph (if I can do the whole 5K at that pace it should take me under 45 minutes, and if I can do 5K at 7 kph I will beat my best time so far), and possibly some intervals; I'm considering using the Zom25K app to give some structure to the interval training, while setting a faster pace for the running intervals.

Comments

[rmc28]

Slow long runs are supposed to build up your capacity to go fast over shorter distances, so I think your alternation plan sound sensible.

I am definitely doing Zom25k starting some point this week.