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5.47 miles in 1:12:22 (13:14 per mile) with average heart rate of 128bpm.  There was a spike of 135bpm in my heart rate as I continue to learn how to keep it down.  I've found that as long as I can speak out loud, my heart rate stays below 130 for the most part.  I've also found that I go much faster downhill than uphill with the same heart rate.

The weather is really getting good.  No rain, no snow and 41 degrees.  It's tough to beat those conditions.

Cindy is coming with three grandchildren today.  It will be good to see them.

No deer this morning (slightly different route), but I saw a shooting star or meteorite, or something like that.  It seemed to be traveling pretty close to the earth and it was bright.  But then it just burnt out and became invisible after a couple of seconds.

Low heart rate training continues.  This morning 4.62 miles took me 1:00:51 for an average of 13:09 per mile.  Heart rate averaged 128bpm with a 136bpm spike and I don't know when that happened, unless it was when I saw the meteorite.  It did scare me at first.

5.47 miles in 1:12:57 or 13:18 per mile.  Average heart rate:  127bpm, Max heart rate 134bpm.

I saw the 134bpm near the start of the run and just had to scale back my effort.  Later, I saw 132 a few times.  Managing a  low heart rate remains quite a chore for me.  Hopefully, I can build up enough of these low heart rate miles so that I won't be dead at the end of my 2nd marathon.

 There was actually a brief, light snow flurry near the start of the run, but the temperature display that I looked at said it was 37 degrees.  I think the cold weather will be over by June.

Plan A for today became plan B because of family concerns.  At least I was able to get out in the afternoon.  It was a whole new experience running in short sleeves without gloves and lots of sunshine.  The thermometer said 70 degrees.  I'm pretty sure this was also my first time up the canyon since a bicyclist hit me from behind.  Believe me, I was very careful today, every time I considered changing lanes.

Partly because it's good to work hard once in a while, but mostly because I was impatient, I went as fast as I could, whatever the heart rate.  The results were 10.06 miles in 140.27 for an average pace of 9:59 and an average heart rate of 159bpm.  174bpm was my maximum.