today’s run was twice as sucky as yesterday’s run was great
It was warmer today than last Monday. It was also extremely windy - lots of gusts to contend with.
But, more than that, I knew it was going to be a hard run due to what my heart was doing. Despite starting out nice and slow and gradually, my heart rate climbed very quickly. Way too quickly. Hello again, Mr. Fatigue.
Pace, I knew early on, was slower than last week. And, by the two hour mark, my heart rate was climbing above target (150 to 160) at a slow pace.
The run was extremely difficult but it got done.
We endure pain in training so that the pain is less on race day. Or, at least, so we have experience handling pain on race day!
Time: 2:44:30
Distance: 19.4 miles
Pace: 8:28 min/mile
Average Heart Rate: 159
Seven days including one last long run and I begin the taper.
Comment by Amanda
Tuesday August 21, 2007 @
Maybe not your perfect run, but you got it in and sometimes that’s the biggest hurdle!