You may feel strong enough to go farther than nine miles, but it's best to get in the habit of sticking to the plan. You want to establish a base of cardiovascular and muscular fitness, and add miles slowly. Ramping up your mileage too soon will lead to injury. (Pace: 10:04/mile)
Result: 10.04 miles in 1:38:11, 9:49 pace. Since I ran 10 miles the last two weeks, I was okay with still running that distance today. It's not the distance that concerns me, its the pace! Next Saturday the plan is 12 miles and four weeks from today it is 15!
I did choose a harder route today, with a couple of significant climbs. Of course that makes a difference in my pace, but I made up for it on the downhills. I really felt good today, it was about 45 degrees with no wind. The first half was towards the west, as I made my turnaround, the sun was slowly coming up and it felt so good.
Mile 1 - 10:02
Mile 2 - 9:57
Mile 3 - 10:03
Mile 4 - 9:44
Mile 5 - 10:43 - all UP hill
Mile 6 - 9:18
Mile 7 - 8:56 - all DOWN hill
Mile 8 - 10:25 - this was another tough climb, shorter than mile 5 but hard, especially after 7+ miles
Mile 9 - 9:20
Mile 10 - 9:33
Once again, I finished strong!
Ave HR - 148
Max HR - 174
Calories burned - 1021
Total miles for this week:
Running: 31.93
Cycling: 8.30
Total 40.23
Weight loss goal: 10 pounds
Lost this week: 0.5
Total lost: 2.0
Yay! I see you're "down hill" on the scale finished strong too! And that is an amazing calorie burn. I need to get me one of those Garmin things so I can keep better track of mine.
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ReplyDeleteYou could probably get away with just a heart rate monitor and save some $$. My Garmin has GPS and tracks tons of data.
Thanks, I'll look into it. Will the heart rate monitor keep track of calories too?
ReplyDeleteYes, that's one of the main features of heart rate monitors. It's the best way to get an accurate calorie count.
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