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12 April

INCLINE DB PRESS : 4x10 @ 20 kg  each hand
LAT PULL DOWN : 4x10 @ 71kg
DB OHP :  4x10 @ 17.5kg each hand
DB HAMMER CURL : 3x12 @ 15 kg each hand ( +2.5kg per hand for first set )
ROPE PUSHDOWN :  3x12 @ 23kg ( +6kg for all sets )

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13 April

"Race emulation run

2K low aerobic HR zone warmup
Run 6x800m @ race target pace / 90'' walking rest
2K low aerobic HR zone cool down

Goal pace was 4:45 (which leads to 47:30 10K run and a whole minute PR ).
I got : 4:45 4:47 4:45 4:43 4:46 4:41

That was nice. Body tended to pick up a 4:40 pace but i controlled it. If I'm on a good day and weather helps, it feels like i can keep this for the entire 10K race.

Here are my goals:
47:30 or below will be amazing
47:30 to 48:30 (PR) will be success
48:30 to 50:00 will be acceptable if something goes bad, e.g shoe untied like last year , bad weather, some small ache/mishap etc.
50:00 and above will be pure fail.

10 April

BB BENCH : 10 @ 50, 52.5, 52,5, 55 kg
SEATED CABLE ROW : 10 @ 65, 65, 71, 71 kg ( + 6 kg for last 2 sets )
LATERAL DB RAISE : 4x10, @ 12.5kg each hand
EZ BAR CURL : 3x12 @ 32.5 kg
DB TRICEP EXT :  12@ 17.5, 20, 20 kg ( + 6 kg for last 2 sets )

Felt very strong.

5 April

DEADLIFT :
8 @ 30kg
5 @ 50kg
5 @ 70 kg
4 @ 90kg
3 @ 110kg
1 @ 130kg

INCLINE DB PRESS : 4x10 @ 20 kg  each hand
LAT PULL DOWN : 4x10 @ 71kg
DB OHP :  4x10 @ 17.5kg each hand
DB HAMMER CURL : 12 @ 12.5 , 15 , 15 kg each hand ( +2.5kg per hand for last 2 sets )
ROPE PUSHDOWN :  3x12 @ 17kg

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8 April

2.5K low aerobic HR zone warmup
Sprint 8x400m / 90'' walking rest
2K low aerobic HR zone cool down

Goal was 4:20 average pace with negative splits at the last 3 ones.
I got : 4:20 4:25 4:30 4:19 4:19 4:15 4:12 3:59

Its going really good lately. Pity i didn't start pushing earlier. Race is 12 days, I'm not at the level I'd want to, but i think i can challenge my 48:31 PR

3 April

BB BENCH : 10 @ 50, 52.5, 52,5, 55 kg ( + 2.5 kg for set 2, 4 )
SEATED CABLE ROW : 10 @ 65, 65, 65, 65 kg
LATERAL DB RAISE : 4x10, @ 12.5kg each hand
EZ BAR CURL : 3x12 @ 32.5 kg  ( + 2.5 kg for all sets )
DB TRICEP EXT :  3x12@ 17.5kg
LEG EXTENSION : 3x12 @ 40kg
SL LEG CURL :  3x12 each leg @17kg

Strong! Could have added weight at rows and tricep exts and ofc at the legs, kinda mad that i didn't.

1 April

RUN 10K @ 58:10 ( 5:49 pace )

First time doing 10K in 2024. Held back pace a little, wanted the distance stimulus.
Ended up 20s/km slower than last week which is a bit too much but also run was done at +90% humidity air with African desert dust, kinda awful.
Also, 8K split was at 5:53 pace , then finished strong with 5:35 and 5:28 negative splits. Sweet.

27 March

RUN 8.5K @ 46:33 ( 5:29 pace )

Fastest&longest 'real' run of 2024. Ive run faster but it was 8K and ive run 8.5K but i was slower

Also , weirdly, the run disappeared from Garmin app. It was saved normally in the watch and it synced with the app, but Garmin servers were down at that moment ( Wednesday night here, noon in US ). Then when they came back up and app synced, the run disappeared . FML it was a good run, i wanted it to affect my data.

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28 March

Low aerobic HR zone run 8K @ 58:38 ( 7:20 pace )

That ties the longest low HR run of 2024 (but was much faster).
Also was the fastest one (even from shorter ones).
And obviously the longest-and-fastest one.

Nice, nice.

I told you its unimpressive. My sleeping HR is always monitored yes, it seems that it drops down to around my resting HR , +-2 , this period that is around 50.
As for the magnetic weakness feelings, maybe if all other tests fail, check to see if they are some kind of psychosomatic reactions?
Given the chance , i always wanted to say this: 'psycho' and all its derivatives is one of the most misunderstood words. In English it makes you think of American psycho , psychotic episodes etc, but the word is actually Greek and it literally means "soul", primarily in a warm spitrtual way. And of course also used in clinical Psychiatry ( which is also Greek ,  psycho-soul + iatriki-medicine , soul-medicine literally ). Some justice has been just served.