A Passion for Running

Welcome to the home of Mark aka The Running Blogfather – a 40 year-old dad, husband and marathon runner who’s beaten injury and is on the comeback trail!

saturday run log

passion for running category: running on Saturday, July 21 2007

Time: 1:29:33
Distance: 10.92 miles
Pace: 8:12 min/mile
Weather: 23C/74F (warm) with head/crosswinds
Avg HR: 164 (target=165). 1st half @ 160. 2nd half @ 167.

A bit slow again today.
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Thursday Run

Distance: 8.0 miles
Time: 1:14:20
Pace: 9:16 min/mile
Avg HR: 154
Weather: 23C/73F but like 29/84 with the very humid conditions



wednesday run

passion for running category: running on Thursday, July 19 2007

sorry about the really boring posts latey. so busy.

Distance: 10.38 miles
Time: 1:28:41
Pace: 8:32 (kinda slow)
Average Heart Rate: 162
Temperature: 22C/72F



tuesday run log

passion for running category: running on Tuesday, July 17 2007

Time: 60:29
Distance: 6.53
Pace: 9:15 min/mile
Average Heart Rate: 152 (target was 145 to 155)
Weather: 25C/77F with a nice wind

another good run. heart rate very stable again. and I seem to be acclimating to the summer weather.



rock solid heart rate

passion for running category: running on Monday, July 16 2007

I was blessed with a much cooler day for my run today (even the weatherman was surprised).

And the heart rate based training (in the heat!) is obviously paying off because I was pleasantly surprised with today’s run.

Target Heart Rate: Up to 155
Average Heart Rate: 153
Distance: 10.7 miles
Time: 91:50
Pace: 8:35 min/mile

While I’m happy about the relatively low heart rate for that pace, I’m even more happy about how even it was throughout the run:

1st 30 minutes Avg HR: 150 (including the warmup mile)
2nd 30 minutes: Avg HR: 153
3rd 30 minutes Avg HR: 155

I ran all sections at a consistent pace so this shows that the old ticker is responding well to the training.

Feeling great!



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