First set of hills for this cycle. Actually, my first hills since December '08 as I was injured and then chicken about re-injuring my calf during March and April when I had hills on my schedule last cycle.
It was warm out today, 23C and sunny. Kind of silly to go running hills in the middle of the day, but that's what I did. I do like the sauna feel, so perspiring so much is a bit of a reward during a hard workout.
Plugged my heart rate zone in at 170 max and 120 min. Not sure what that is going to do to my "quality" stat that I keep track of. With such a wide zone, it's easier to stay in it. I continued with the warm-up that I did yesterday. It seems to get my head into the task at hand better than when the clock has started. Not sure how I'll handle it at the start corral of the next or any future races. We'll see . . .
Time 54:41
Distance 8.5 k (5.3 k)
HR Zone 120-170 bpm
HR max 175 avg 148
In Zone an amazing 97% of the run. Gotta say that for a long or tempo run coming up!
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