Training Session at Bosques de Palermo (CABA)

 
•    Activity: Jogging
•    Distance: 6.03 km
•    Start and End Point: Intersection of Av. Del Libertador and Av. Iraola

Chronicles of a Holiday in Motion

Friday, May 1st, Labor Day. I took advantage of the public holiday to go out and train with my mind set on the next race. I wrongly thought that, because it was a holiday, the park would be quiet. Quite the opposite! Around 5:00 PM, the afternoon was absolutely packed with people.
I designed a mixed route: a sort of "cloverleaf" combining two laps inside the Rosedal and one lap around the exterior, running along Av. Del Libertador, Av. Dorrego, Av. Figueroa Alcorta, and Av. Sarmiento.
The landscape at sunset was incredible: an open avenue under a vast and fragmented cloudy sky. With the low sunlight filtering through the gaps, coloring everything in tones both golden and cold, the city seemed to stop for a moment. People moved along without any rush, the trees darkened the edges of the path, and the horizon glowed bright, as if still resisting the end of the day.
I completed the session with a combination of sustained jogging and recovery walks.

Metrics and Performance Analysis
It was a solid and demanding session, with data reflecting good consistency and great cardiovascular effort:

•    Controlled Intensity: I spent over 27 minutes in the anaerobic zone, which indicates intense work with sustained periods of high pace. I only touched the strenuous zone for 10 minutes, showing that I maintained the effort without overloading my system.
•    Stable Pace: No major drops in speed, achieving excellent effort management and breathing control.
•    Efficient Cadence: I clocked values between 170–180 steps/min, typical for a smooth technique with low impact per stride.
•    Threshold Work: Based on the heart rate and pace profile, this was an ideal workout to improve aerobic capacity and lactate tolerance. Bosques de Palermo never fails for these tempo run sessions!

Conclusion and Next Steps
In short, a very balanced, well-executed session with a predominance of anaerobic work.

Next Goal: To complement this type of effort and keep improving endurance, the plan is to incorporate a longer run at a purely aerobic pace (7:00–7:30 min/km). Let's keep clocking those miles!