My friend Hilary (hi Hilary!) is planning on running the May 27th marathon
in Ottawa. I think this is cool and it sounds like a lot of fun.
Gruelling, challenging fun, but fun nonetheless. She recently sent an
e-mail around encouraging other people to participate, and I must admit
I’m tempted. Not to run the marathon- there’s no way I have enough time
for that- but to participate in the race weekend in some way. While
reading about training options, I came across the concept of the lactate
threshold, which I find quite interesting. The idea is that this is
the point at which production of lactate in the muscles starts to exceed
the body’s ability to remove the lactate. You need to stay under this
point to succesfully stay active for long periods of time. Pretty
interesting.
posted at 17:55 on Fri, 27 Jan, 2006 |
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