Ran 7 miles in the evening. Decided to do a test, and ran with my HRM instead of with the Garmin, since I knew the distance of the route. With the increase in fitness, I was expecting my HR to be much lower than the last time I had measured it. Surprise - it was actually about the same, although my pace has increased since then. Total time for the run was 57:53, average pace of 8:16/mile. Average HR for the run was 163. This was surprising to me, but then I talked with my wife about it and we agreed that this was probably due to the heat. It was still about 100 degrees out, which means my body had to work harder. I may do another HR test in the morning when it is a bit cooler to see what, if any, difference there is in my HR. |