Ran 2.51 in 31:13. AHR 153, 74% of max, HR Range 148-163, 26:06 in zone, peak 167, cal 714 based on 232 lbs. It rained on my way home from work, so I hurried and got into my running clothes and rain jacket and headed out the door afraid the temperature would plummet once the sun went down. It was a bit windy starting off. I think I started off a little fast trying to warm up. I have been making it to the corner without my hr monitor telling me to slow down. Today I did a walk and started running again before I got to the corner. I felt like I was doing a lot of walking and I based on my ahr being only 153 I think that is true. I got sprinkled on a little bit, but not much. The last 1/2 mile the wind really picked and was I was going straight into it. My time was better than I expected it to be. I am proud that I was diligent enough to get out even with the weather. When I first thought about running about a year ago I would listen to a running podcast. The guy said there was no such thing as bad running weather, just inappropriate clothing. I thought about that all the way home from work. I was hoping all the clouds would produce a nice sunset, but the cloud cover was too heavy and there wasn't much of a sunset at all. I will have to go look at Burt's blog to see if he got out in the rain. | 