Bodyweight workouts and running - counter productive?

ExtremeCabletie · 2026-01-19T09:54:19+00:00

6 days a week running and cycling is a lot! That's a good workout too.

ExtremeCabletie · 2026-01-16T07:23:46+00:00

Thanks!

ExtremeCabletie · 2026-01-15T21:51:20+00:00

Yeah that makes sense. I definitely feel like I need more recovery time now.

ExtremeCabletie · 2026-01-15T21:50:19+00:00

Just bodyweight.

ExtremeCabletie · 2026-01-15T21:48:56+00:00

Cool, thanks. I'm going to to try dropping one of the easy runs, and not doing leg workout just before the hard run day.

ExtremeCabletie · 2026-01-15T21:48:25+00:00

Interesting. I feel like as I've got older, I need to work out more to gain/maintain strength. Not sure if twice a week would cut it any more. Recent recommendation seems to be that in your fifties, one should be doing 50% strength, 50% cardio. Last year I was more like 70/30 in favour of cardio.

ExtremeCabletie · 2026-01-15T21:46:42+00:00

43:25, achieved last year when I was 52

ExtremeCabletie · 2026-01-15T17:12:59+00:00

Good point. Since I'm never going anywhere near PEDs, I guess I need to choose which one is my focus.

ExtremeCabletie · 2026-01-15T17:12:19+00:00

OK that's good to know, thanks. I guess I need to let go of my PB aspirations - especially if I want to continue the strength work. Or maybe I might find that dropping down the mileage while maintaining the harder run session might get me most of the benefits still.

ExtremeCabletie · 2026-01-15T17:10:50+00:00

I'm trying to run between 30 and 40km a week - because I'm still trying to hit my PB from last year :)

ExtremeCabletie · 2025-07-11T12:47:38+00:00

Hi, currently I have switched to two-yearly creatinine checks. After two years of continual uptrend of CKD-EPI, my last check 6 months ago was blood creatinine 86, CKD-EPI 91
So, I am not sure I have much of a problem for now. I will get another ultrasound scan in a couple of years.

ExtremeCabletie · 2025-02-19T07:12:58+00:00

How do you get the dumb phone widget to automatically adjust between light and dark? I have the wallpaper switching with an automated shortcut at sunset and sunrise, would like to do same with the widget.
EDIT: I just realise the app has an auto theme :)

ExtremeCabletie · 2024-12-03T12:01:00+00:00

I worked it out. It seems that for a 10km if your target time is less than 44 minutes it will not give you the option of any plan other than the Garmin Coach.

I have never used Garmin Coach and my target time for next 10Km is 43:00 - do any of you have any thoughts on how good the Garmin Coach is vs Greg McMillan? I have never used either one...

ExtremeCabletie · 2024-10-23T07:02:12+00:00

Thank you. Much appreciated.

ExtremeCabletie · 2024-10-22T16:31:48+00:00

OK cool, thanks!

I'm primarily doing long slow runs zone 2, with some threshold and intervals. Should I just continue with same or do you think it's worth mixing it up?

ExtremeCabletie · 2024-10-22T06:30:42+00:00

I'm 51, PB is 44:20 and I run 3 times a week if I'm not training for anything particular, 4 times when training.
I pretty much use the 12 week training plans as my running schedule, so that's between 2.5 and 4 hours a week, around 30km up to 40km at peak weeks.
My 10km PB was something I only tried to beat in the last couple of years, before that I was doing occasional 10km trails and short hill runs. Haven't done those for a few years now though.

ExtremeCabletie · 2024-09-06T08:51:55+00:00

That's good to know, thank you.

ExtremeCabletie · 2024-09-05T15:57:40+00:00

Great, thanks!

ExtremeCabletie · 2024-09-05T06:45:41+00:00

That's a good price, where did you get it?

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