My running is still going super great. I am thrilled that a pace of 9min/mile now feels pretty easy to me; whereas not too long ago, 10 was still kind of hard to maintain. I wonder if part of this is due to Iron. I don’t mean my Iron training plan, tho certainly that has gotten me in the best shape of my tri career. I am talking about Iron supplements. Feosol to be exact.
A few weeks ago, I blogged about being dizzy on my bike rides. One of my theories was that I have had low iron for years. I resisted taking the Feosol due to stomach issues…instead choosing to eat raisins and beef to boost my iron. Since the dizziness issue, I started taking Feosol every day. The dizziness on the bike gradually declined over the course of a few weeks. Now, I have absolutely no more dizziness! And I am feeling so strong in my workouts. And look where my running is!
Today I did a treadmill threshold workout…here is what I wrote in my BT log:
I looked back at a similar workout from May, and I was doing the “Practice the Pace” sets at 6mph (10min/mile) and the Tempo set at 7.0 mph (8:34min/mile). Same heart rates. That means I’ve gotten alot faster at the same effort level. More efficient. It’s all good.
FYI: I do my treadmill workouts at 1.5 incline, as that’s the lowest setting on my treadmill. Here is a treadmill speed/pace conversion chart.
Time to eat spinach! I haven’t been on a treadmill in ages, but that sounds like a good way to stay on pace. It’s easy to drift.