My first clinic night for the next session. Shoe talk. Clothing talk. I already purchased two pairs of NB 1063's for this go around. Seemed like the single pair of 882's didn't hold up too well to the marathon training on the last cycle.
I used my Polar S120 with the heart rate monitor for the first time in a long while today. Along with the Garmin 201, it seems I have the most ancient distance/time/heart rate set-up in the clinic. Ah, well. No use buying something new if these are perfectly fine.
I set the watch up for 80% of maximum heart rate for the 6k tempo run this evening. The tempo pace I had imagine for myself in this go-around was 5:03/km. I have been shaving about 20 seconds off my training times through each clinic cycle for the past year.
It is very apparent that I don't have the aerobic capacity to run 5:03 at 80% HR. First benefit of knowing where my heart rate is! hehehe So, I'm going to take this week to figure out where my heart rate and training pace intersect for each of my run-types: Tempo, Steady, Long Slow Distance (and later on Speed/Hills). This is a bit of a different approach to organizing myself, but I think it will help with running negative splits and most importantly I will enjoy the lead-up to Ottawa much more. I always say listening to my body is important, but I've only ever done that on a concious level with leg/core/arm muscle and joint pain. Now I'm going to listen to my heart! :-)
First night/morning back-to-back tomorrow morning. We'll see how that goes.
Time - 35:27
Distance (metric) - 6.0 k, 5:55/km
Distance (imperial) - 3.75 mi, 9:31/m
HR Max 177, Avg 158 (left the watch going for an extra 4 minutes past completion! duh)
HR Target 120-160, In-Zone 11:31 or 32.5% of the run
TOO FAST!
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