VO2max Trend (last 6 months)
VO2max Trend last 6 months
In February, I got a little pain on my left leg and it seemed be a symptom of shin splint. Therefore I stopped running about a months and just walking and indoor biking (station bike). It was a middle of a full marathon training (level 1 from Garmin Connect).
In march I resumed running 7 km every other days. I have not started any training menu yet and I have not done any high intensity training like "interval training" last 2 months. Since I was monitoring VO2max and lactate threshold as a factor of training effort. Here is the recent trend of my VO2max. (I have not hit to detect lactate threshold last 2 months since no high intensity training).
Since there is no running in February, my VO2max was dropped in February. Once I resume running, it is improved month by month. February value is 40 [ml/kg/min] and the last value is 45 [ml/kg/min]. I just run 7 km every other day (build-up) and I can see a better improvement. The average pace is improved. Overall heart rate zone during the training is staying zone 2.
At least, just running in zoon 2, even I just run 7km with out really high intensity effort, VO2max value is improved. It shows the key is running regular basis. I am not sure what my lactate threshold looks like since there is no recent data. So the next step is to resume some high intensity training once a week.
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