Christian builds his endurance base
Despite the seemingly never-ending winter and huge amount of snow in the Alps, Christian Amon has managed to get out running in the region surrounding his home town of Hallstatt in Austria.
Coach Eddie Fletcher has analysed his latest effort: a half-marathon session that took 1hr 55min 9sec.
"This is a steady run of 22 km," says Eddie, "note the control of heart-rate (HR) and speed for energy conservation. However even at this low intensity (average HR is 78% of his maximum) energy consumption was 1674 kcals due to the long duration.
"Nutrition is so important on a daily basis. On days like this Christian would need up to 3900 kcals depending on what other activities he does. If he only rested for the next 24 hours he would need 3200 kcals.
"This type of long endurance session is extremely good for building the base which Christian will need for the Red Bull X-Alps. At a Training Effect of 3.4, recovery is short providing he rests and eats accordingly."
Coach Eddie Fletcher has analysed his latest effort: a half-marathon session that took 1hr 55min 9sec.
"This is a steady run of 22 km," says Eddie, "note the control of heart-rate (HR) and speed for energy conservation. However even at this low intensity (average HR is 78% of his maximum) energy consumption was 1674 kcals due to the long duration.
"Nutrition is so important on a daily basis. On days like this Christian would need up to 3900 kcals depending on what other activities he does. If he only rested for the next 24 hours he would need 3200 kcals.
"This type of long endurance session is extremely good for building the base which Christian will need for the Red Bull X-Alps. At a Training Effect of 3.4, recovery is short providing he rests and eats accordingly."
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