DWR session #2

July 24th, 2008 Posted in General

Tonight was my second attempt at deep water running. I ran 20 minutes with the aid of flotation and 5 minutes on my own. I finished the workout off with 5 minutes of swimming laps.

It was much harder than I would have thought. Next time, I’ll use my heart rate monitor to record my intensity. Next time, I’ll skip the after work happy hour. Oops.

I made a good decision last night when I chose not to go for a run after a line of thunderstorms went through. The sky was clear, but I still heard thunder in the distance. 10 minutes later the sky turned dark and we got hit with another big thunderstorm. It would have been a bad situation for sure.

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  1. 4 Responses to “DWR session #2”

  2. By Flyers26 on Jul 24, 2008

    You made the right choice to not run last nite. I did run, and got stuck in MCP! It was scary, being in the wide open park, with that weather!

     

     

  3. By darrell on Jul 26, 2008

    are you using a special flotation device or just a regular pool noodle. What do you think about the workout.

     

     

  4. By Jenny on Jul 26, 2008

    How does the Deep Water Running compare to regular runnning? I’ve thought about trying it. But that’s as far as I got…

     

     

  5. By ShoreTurtle on Jul 26, 2008

    This was attempt #2. I did a little better this time. It felt more like running. I probably need to be tethered though because I had to keep turning around when I reached a wall. I’m still not sure how hard I’m working which is why I might try the heart rate monitor next time. The combination of running with the flotation, running without flotation and swimming laps wore me out.

    The furman institute (FIRST), which I have used for training recommends pool running only for injury recovery. They suspect that it might train your muscle twitch fibers to fire slower. I’m just looking for a way to stay cool in the summer.

     

     

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