I ran to school this morning, and I ran a speed workout (1 + 2 + 2 miles) on the way there. I ran the first mile in 5:13 with an average HR of around 174 running slightly uphill the whole way. I was happy with the HR on this mile. I had a recovery of about 4 minutes after the first hard mile (3 min running and 1 min at a stop light) and followed that with my first 2 mile repeat in 11:00 (5:29, 5:31). The slow splits are mainly due to wind which got progressively stronger during the second mile, although there was no uphill during this stretch. My HR was lower (average around 170-171) during the 2 mile repeat than during the first hard mile, which was also good considering the effort was not as hard, however there was a brief stretch when my HR spiked for some unknown reason before returning to normal (possibly due to HR monitor error, but possibly not). I had a longer recovery after the first 2 mile repeat of about 9 minutes. The second 2 mile repeat was a 10:48 (5:18, 5:30) with the first mile possibly being just a tiny bit short (but no more than 5-7 seconds I would imagine). This repeat was also windy, but flat just like the other. My HR did not agree with me on this repeat, averaging around 175 for 2 miles. This told me that while my breathing issues seem to slowly be getting better I am not 100% back to normal yet. Total time for 8.6 miles was 56:15. PM: I ran home from school. I missed restarting my watch at a stop light and didn't notice until I had gone almost a mile. Total time was 58:27 and the missed time brings me up to 1:06:10-1:06:20. Average HR was 130 for the run. |