Sacramento Half-Marathon
Today's half marathon went OK. Early in the race I decided to run at my friend's pace and we wound up finishing around 2:23.
This run was very "easy" for me. My heart rate was mostly between 135 and 150 for the event, which is 55% to 67%. I'll check when I get home and can pull the data off the HRM to the computer.
The race was an out-and-back, and we passed midpoint at 1:07 or so. Thus, we split 1:07 for the first half and 1:16 for the second. Not ideal, but I wasn't setting the pace here, I was running with my friend and she had to slow and walk a few times over the last three miles. No biggie, I still gathered valuable data! I decided I could use this as a baseline for my aerobic run on flat terrain.
That means for the first half, where we only had one bathroom break (I'll estimate to be 2 minutes), we did a 10 minute mile. This sounds more like it than the 11 minute mile I did on the SRT. Plus, my heart rate was lower than normal - when running along aerobically, I try to hover around 155 beats/minute, while here it was 10 beats/minute lower for extended periods.
Anyway, it was fun and I think Bev appreciated me not leaving her behind. It was worth it to finish together.
This run was very "easy" for me. My heart rate was mostly between 135 and 150 for the event, which is 55% to 67%. I'll check when I get home and can pull the data off the HRM to the computer.
The race was an out-and-back, and we passed midpoint at 1:07 or so. Thus, we split 1:07 for the first half and 1:16 for the second. Not ideal, but I wasn't setting the pace here, I was running with my friend and she had to slow and walk a few times over the last three miles. No biggie, I still gathered valuable data! I decided I could use this as a baseline for my aerobic run on flat terrain.
That means for the first half, where we only had one bathroom break (I'll estimate to be 2 minutes), we did a 10 minute mile. This sounds more like it than the 11 minute mile I did on the SRT. Plus, my heart rate was lower than normal - when running along aerobically, I try to hover around 155 beats/minute, while here it was 10 beats/minute lower for extended periods.
Anyway, it was fun and I think Bev appreciated me not leaving her behind. It was worth it to finish together.
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