Day 24 (July 24) - Oops I dropped the ball

I have not posted in about a week, primarily because I was busy and then I just forgot.  I need to make it a priority to record these as I believe they will help me over the long term see improvements, changes in pace/distance, etc.  I have been sticking to my workout plans so that is good news, just not posting the results.  I completed an 8 mile run on Saturday, got up about 6 am, and kept it at a slower pace to ensure I am running 2 miles, walking for about 1 minute and then back to running.  I did well and completed the run according to plan, however maybe a little slower than I wanted but still with a faster 2nd half split.

This week, I ran on Monday and tried to make it a threshold run.  That went horrible.  I went out too fast and after 2 miles of closer to sub 9 min miles I had a really hard time on the next 2 miles which were about 10 min / mile pace.  Tuesday was Peloton day, which went well.  I felt pretty strong on the bike and completed some strength work.

Today was my aerobic run day and I am going to start using these runs as a measure for improvement.  Am I able to keep my HRT in the aerobic zone and increase pace over the coming months.  I am going to run the same route which is right under 5 miles and evaluate the per mile pace while sustaining most of the run in the aerobic threshold.

Here are the results of todays run:

4.8 Miles, 9:47 pace (20 seconds faster than last week), 153 Avg. HRT (I don't trust the Apple Watch on this one as I noticed a few times it had my heart rate elevated much higher than my effort or how I felt).


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