The Surprising Link Between Stress, Sickness, Base Training and Socks | Mar TTT
Knowing this will make you a better human, I promise
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👋🏽 Well, well, well... Look who decided to join the party! A warm welcome to all the newbies on board. And to my trusty companions who've been in the trenches with me from the start, I'm dishing out a triple scoop of 'howdy' to keep the good vibes flowing! 👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽
TLDR about what’s coming up;
Future Things: Stress scores & Sickness 🤒
Past Things: Base training & Socks 🧦
Present Things: Training Updates 📊
What other Masters Of Some are doing
Feeling this? Why not…
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🤒 Future Things: Stress scores & Sickness
Your watch/fitness app’s stress scores & heart rate variability explained
I never trusted Garmin’s resting heart rate and stress score until I suffered overtraining syndrome in April of 2022 and I saw the trends correlate perfectly with how I felt. So… I dug deeper and found out how Garmin’s stress score works here (and all smartwatches at that.)
Feed or fast colds and the flu?!
Cold and flu season was upon us (and might still be with you) but the eternal question will always be - should you feed a cold or starve a fever? Find out which one here.
🧦 Past Things: Base training & Socks
How to fall in love with base training
It’s winter transitioning to spring for most of my readers and you’re probably also transitioning from base to race season (insert whatever race you’re doing if you’re not doing the big marathons). You can do base all year round like the summer lull between road racing season, or just to keep fit. Learn more here.
5 Fun facts about socks that you didn’t know you needed to know
While you’re here- remember that socks really are the only thing that touches you and go between your shoes that hit the ground. Don’t sleep on the importance of them. Find out why here.
Notable Quotable
📊 Present Things: Training Updates
As I strive to run as close as possible to a 15:59 5k over the next 2 months (haha wow I’ve been saying this for like 4+ years now) I know that going as hard as possible and smashing myself does not work (last year proved that).
So this year I’m going to not exceed 85-90% effort, volume, intensity, etc. in any training session. The risk is not worth the reward.
This health v fitness meter makes sure I don’t cross over and get too fit which compromises my health and doesn’t allow me to really live a balanced life.
PS- I think I’m about 2-3 years away from a 15:59 5k, so I’m actually trying to first run a 16:30 by Aug/Sept of this year. In May the goal is to run 16:46 (one second faster than my best time). Break a big goal down into simple bite-sized realistic steps and if you stick with it long enough consistently, you can get there.
🛠 Mastering some of your life…
Ricky S.
“Currently still trying to get back on form like before the pandemic… So that I could get back to sub 2 for HM. But due to my high heart rate nowadays I mostly run the aerobic zone. Except during intervals on track with the group.”
Victoria R
I’m not training for anything at the mo… just keeping up a consistent 10miles a week and enjoying it, will try and work towards a sub 50 mins 10k by the end of the summer… that’s my dream :)
And…
… for March
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