AM: 4.1 PM: 6 Even running at 4:30 its too dark to do any trails at this point. It is gonna be 2 months (a month till the winter sulstice and a month on the other side until we get even a bit of sun again) before it is at all light for my evening runs. Annoying New record for time holding my breath!! 3:04. And really the effort was not all that bad. I probably could have done 3:15 or so but my goal was 3 minutes so after I gave it a few seconds buffer I gave up. My previous PR was 2:34 so this was a pretty big boost. I think I can improve more still even without improving fitness. It is all a matter of hyperventalating before to decrease blood CO2 and then to stay very relaxed such that your HR drops. I did this on my bed with my eyes closed until something like 2min 24 seconds. By 2:45 I was off the bed and moving around because at some point you have to distract yourself from the growing urge to breath. Another trick is to slowly let out the breath which also seems to help (I think that it counts as long as you don't breath in at all). Next time (not anytime soon, it doesnt feel all that good, a bit like a mile race... mmm total oxygen debt and acidemia).
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