guttertrash
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- Location
- Chesterfield, Derbyshire
I've got a set course I do during some lunchtimes at work, which is just over 7 miles long, and involves about 185 metres of climbing. I do this in around 28 minutes.
I don't seem to be getting any quicker though. A colleague can hammer out the same course in about 24 mins, and has a lower average heart rate throughout the course.
For me, I think I reach my CV limits much earlier, as my heart rate is a good 10 bpm higher, but I'm 4 mins slower.
Question is, what should I concentrate on to improve? Increase my leg strength, and thus be able to push more at a lower heart rate, or try and improve my CV system (and if so, how?). Its unusual for my legs to burn, as I tend to lose out to my lungs before the burn starts.
Advice appreciated, want to be able to improve over the winter so I can kick his arse in the spring
I don't seem to be getting any quicker though. A colleague can hammer out the same course in about 24 mins, and has a lower average heart rate throughout the course.
For me, I think I reach my CV limits much earlier, as my heart rate is a good 10 bpm higher, but I'm 4 mins slower.
Question is, what should I concentrate on to improve? Increase my leg strength, and thus be able to push more at a lower heart rate, or try and improve my CV system (and if so, how?). Its unusual for my legs to burn, as I tend to lose out to my lungs before the burn starts.
Advice appreciated, want to be able to improve over the winter so I can kick his arse in the spring