Anyone pool run hard enough puke?
I'm looking for a new "goal" during my extended summer of injury inspired pool running. I got pretty close this Monday on 2 sets of 9x1:30 with 30 sec recovery. I think next week's 2x10x1:30 workout may be enough if I really pile it on. I didnt get quite so close yesterday with 2 sets of 5x2:30 with 30 recovery. trying again today on a 1,2,3,4,5,4,3,2,1 pyramid.
I think the cooling effect of the water makes it harder than repeats at the track.
how about a pool running beer "mile"? depepdning on the pool size you could do 4xbeer, two laps hard - that ought to do it
Water running can be much harder than the track. If you do it right, regular land running is gonna feel like a day off. And yes, the cooling effect of the water can buy you some time when the workouts get tougher
-- you can get more blood to active muscle,
-- and higher lactate levels for any given RPE.
That might explain the nausea.
You also have the assist on blood getting pumped back to the heart. But water running is really about shifting the demand to the peripheral.
Intervals in the pool are a bit overrated though. I think some coaches push them because they haven't actually run in the water themselves.
I think you're finally ready for steady running, say somewhat hard to hard, for 60'. My hardest ever was hard effort for 90'. A few times it was hard to get out of the pool.
If you wanna make the interval workout a bit tougher, try shorter reps, shorter rests. 20" w/ 5" rest, that sort of thing. You can do a lot of work/rest combinations in the pool that you can't do on land.
its awful, the pool deep enough to pool run in at the local Y is heated and really warm. it makes pool running unbearable for more than 30 min of hard work.
Do you pool run with as natural a form as possible? I have been trying it lately and have a difficult time feeling that I am getting the appropriate workout. I have a torn meniscus and the pool is my outlet, but I am not sure I "run" properly in the pool. Any suggestions as to the proper pool running form is appreciated.
Don't use a vest and your form will be closer to land running. Your heart rate will stay up easier, and once you get used to it, it is not any more difficult.
aquadrinker wrote:
how about a pool running beer "mile"? depepdning on the pool size you could do 4xbeer, two laps hard - that ought to do it
sweet jesus
dsrunner: thanks, i did a 45 minute steady the other day and it was definitely a workout.
wonderduck: it took me 3-4 times to get a good pool running form. initially i was almost pool biking with very little lower leg movement, which was really little more than treading water (and given the fact that i am using a belt this is not hard). once i focused on what my lower legs were doing, and i really tried to something more like land running i found the workout got much harder. i can now easily get my heart rate up to 170 doing intervals.
that's with a belt. i do a minute or two without the belt at the end of each session and although it is now much easier than it was a month ago, it's still a struggle just not drowning (i am a sinker)
aquadrinker: i really like the idea of a pool beer mile. i may try that as a celebration of my final (fingers crossed) ever pool run in about a month. a pool lap takes about me 45 seconds, so i'd do beer, 2 laps, beer 2 laps, beer, 2 laps, beer 2 laps. if i do, i promise i will ask the kids to video me.
Just remember that a mile in the pool is 35 laps (down AND back) YOu may be better off doing like 7 or 8 laps and pounding a beer. You will also probably have to pre-pour the beers into a nalgene to get away with it.
FWIW: The vests are for pussies, if you really want to get a great workout, skip the vest, wear your HRM. I run about 90-110 MPW and I make sure any time im over 70 MPW to do some speed work in the pool, I run with a bunch of sub-elites and you would never catch them in there with the vest...or without an HRM.