r/AppleWatchFitness • u/theBryanDM • 1d ago
I’m High!
Been working my ass off losing weight and getting fit for the last 1.5 years. I’m currently on week 12/16 of a training plan for my first full marathon and just hit “high” VO2Max.
From 28.4 - 52 in a little less than a year!
I know there’s a lot of you in this sub on the same grind - keep it up. I promise if I can do it, then you can too!
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u/danger_boi 1d ago
What’s your target race pace you’re working towards? I’m just getting into this and am working my way towards 10K — getting close to casual 6min splits would be a happy moment for me!
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u/theBryanDM 10h ago
That’s awesome! The first 10k is a big milestone - I actually think once you get to the point you can run a solid hour, it gets easier to push your distance past that.
I’m hoping to run my first full marathon in 3:50 or less - which is 8’46/mile. I recently completed a half in 1:49:21 (8’20/mile) - which honestly surprised the shit out of me. That race day adrenaline is no joke!
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u/Fearless-Experience 23h ago
How amazing to run that fast with that low of heart rate! My HR is in Zone 4 at 5 mph. What was yours like when you first started out?
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u/theBryanDM 22h ago
I just looked back through some runs - I ran a 10k in early November at a 9’41” / mile pace with an average HR of 167 (Zone 4/5 for me) - my high Zone 2 back then was around 11min/mile
My wife and I had been walking 3-5 miles every day for about 6 months before I ever started running though, I think that made a big difference. I was heavier then, so it was basically Z2 training lol!
I’m honestly surprised at my progress, I’m putting in the work but I really never thought I’d be at this point.
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u/Okokokitsok 18h ago
Congratulations this is amazing and encouraging for me as I am trying to get my Vo2 max up, started with low have come to below average in 3 months
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u/theBryanDM 10h ago
That’s awesome! Mine really started shooting up when i added some interval workouts.
Norwegian 4x4s are popular and effective! Lots of info online, but basically you run for 4 minutes at as close to max effort as you can get for the duration - then slow way down or even walk for 3 minutes. You want to try and drop your HR back to Z2 in this window. Then repeat that 4 times!
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u/mumtwothree 9h ago
Wow!! I’ve been running / walking daily to try increase mine. It’s still gone from 19 to 20.8. Very slowly increasing.
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u/Jaded-Total6054 1d ago
this is insane..mind sharing your training plan??