It rained a lot of the night and through the first half of the day. I just about went out in it but decided to wait and run in the afternoon. I went out around 3 o'clock and now it was 77 deg and with the sun burning down on all the wet alfalfa and cornfields I run past, it was very humid. I was kind of wondering why I had picked this over the downpour this morning. I ran 10 miles and actually felt like I had better energy than I did before Saturdays race. Kept the pace fairly easy. 8:13 AP I was looking back at my bike training over the last 3 weeks to get ready for the biathlon. I thought it was interesting that after doing my first 2 rides easy, the first ride that I pushed the pace hard my heart rate only averaged 137. On another ride 5 days later I pushed the pace as hard as I could going up a long hill and was able to get my HR to 160 but only for a few seconds and I was about ready to puke. The next week I did a hard ride on the actual biathlon course and was able to average 148 HR. 8 days later at the race I averaged 162 for the whole bike portion and was up to 170 on a couple of the hills. My speed was much faster with the higher HRs. I was kind of amazed at how fast the progression was. I wish I would have started earlier. Another 2 or 3 weeks probably really could have helped. There's always next year.
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