September 22 2015, 14:53

I have devised a training method for myself. I will try it out tomorrow morning.

I want to try running 5-7 km in such a way that every half-km is exactly around, say, 2:30 minutes plus or minus 2-3 seconds.

For this, I will need a mechanical stopwatch (like this one: http://goo.gl/iILgLy) and a circular stadium track.

At the start of the circular track, I turn on the stopwatch, and at 4-5 clear reference points around the stadium track, I remember which second I reach each point. Each new lap, I reset the stopwatch at the same place, arriving at the points at the correct second (hence the mechanical one – it’s easy to estimate how much time is left and simple to reset). I record my pulse and compare from week to week to see if there is progress. The goal is to achieve an extremely steady pace accurate to the second over 5-7 km. Gradually try to look at the stopwatch less often.

I will try this tomorrow morning, as some entertainment during the training process)

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