RHR 48 Still a little tired from being sick, but feeling pretty good. My right ankle and both knees were pretty achy and sore today, so took the day off without a long run or workout. PM - ok, I decided after cleaning my entire townhouse and reading 2 books today that maybe the pain in my legs was from running hills in the race the other day. I have been avoiding them with my tendonitis. So, at 5:30 I headed out for a 2-4 mile run. I probably did everything wrong tonight - but I had a lot of fun. I still had my heart rate monitor set for 75-80%, so went with that. After about 5 minutes, my legs were feeling great, so thought I might do a little more than 4 miles. The legs were loose and I was relaxed and the pace felt good. I have not yet looked at my mile pace, was running based upon listening to beeps on the heart rate monitor on one wrist and the garmin on the other. At every mile beep I did a 25 stride pickup and then settled back down. At my normal turnaround for my 6 mile run, I kept going. I turned around at 10600 South. Where I normally quit following the Trax trains, I kept going, then up 80th South to 7th East, down to 7200 S and back home. Quit doing strides after 7 miles. Mile 9 I let my heart rate drop below 75%. I was getting pretty cold since I only had dressed for a couple of miles. Pushed the pace as much as I could in mile 10, but it is a gentle uphill, so don't think I got it as fast as I wanted. Total time: 2:03:05 Miles:12:21/12:37/12:30/12:07/12:20/12:11/11:49/12:43/13:4710:39 Not bad time for a 'short' run. Maybe there is something to this heart rate training after all. Runs like this make all the tough runs worth while. Longest run I have been on without hydrating or 'gu'ing.
Protein shake down. Time to stretch.
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