Monday - 11/30/09

Ran 3.1 miles.

Back to the grind of running. Today wasnt much fun running wise and I struggled to catch my breath. I think spending 8 hours in a car yesterday and not drinking water along with the bad food choices made today difficult. I also really wasn't into it mentally since all I could think about was how much I have to do at home. But I am glad I ran anyway since I got a new fastest time!

Either I really am getting faster or my foot pod is getting wacky. Since my watch was pretty much even with the time clock at the race,when you factor in where I started the time vs the start line, I think I really am getting faster.

My new time is 34:53 which is 42 seconds faster than my official 5K race time and 6 seconds faster than my super secret goal of 34:59 for the race. WOW!

Mile #1: 10:54
Max heart rate 176, 96%
Average heart rate 167, 91%

Mile #2: 11:24
Max heart rate 178, 97%
Average heart rate 171, 93%

Mile #3: 12:35
Max heart rate 178, 97%
Average heart rate 171, 93%

I usually do not record my warm up and cool down walks but thought it might be interesting to see how my heart rate and speed are before and after I run.

Warm up walk: It was uphill most of the way
.37 miles, 14:38 mile
Max heart rate 143, 78%
Average heart rate 116, 63%

Cool down walk: uphill part of the way
.54 miles, 17:09 mile
Max heart rate 158, 86%
Average heart rate 134, 73%