This morning the schedule said 4miles. I sorta felt up to it, but that's not un-typical... I usually do well on those days I "sorta" feel like going (usually do bad on the days I initially feel good)... Anyway, I planned to shoot for a target heart rate today (wearing my new fancy-dancy runners watch :-) which was my theorectical 80-85% rate, or basically 155-165 bpm. Well, you know what they say... all good plans sometimes just go to... er... heck. I was less than a quarter mile into my run, pulling a little less than an 11min/mile pace and my heart rate was already 160 (I didn't really need a heart rate monitor to tell me I was already suffering). I tried the remainder of 2 miles to keep my heart rate below 170, and that proved to be almost impossible even slowing to an 11:30/mi pace. Something just wasn't right, so I called it quits after 2miles.
Some guesses: Lots of caffeine yesterday, not a night over 7 1/2 hours sleep in the last week, and a really bad diet yesterday (but left over mexican food is ALWAYS hard to turn down).
Today I had to go into work for 5 or 6 hours. At sunset, Angela did her 4 miles, and I decided to tag along for the 1st 2 to atleast get my mileage in! Pace was a little slower than this morning, but the heart rate was MUCH slower... ahhh that was much better! I could breath!
I'm super proud of Angela, she ran the entire 4miles! She even looked like she could run some more after she was done... Good Job Baby! Angela's Total time: 46:50 (11:43mi)
Sunday, October 10, 2010
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