Finally back

Ok, so I'm finally back. A wedding, a move, a honeymoon, and being sent by my job to a 3rd world country for 3 weeks really cut into my workouts, not to mention my time on the internet. It even cut into my time talking to my wife. Anyway, I'm tired of being away from home, and away from any real facilities to work out. Thank goodness that is over, at least for now.

Getting back into running, and living in a new place, I had no running courses measured out. I figured it was time to re-evaluate my running plan anyway, so I did some reading. I unpacked a few boxes and found my heart rate monitor, which I hadn't been able to use earlier, since it was in storage. I did a lot of reading, this heart rate stuff is complicated. Anyway, I did a lot of math and thinking, and eventually concluded that my maxHR is about 195, my restingHR averages about 55, which theoretically leaves me with a reserveHR of about 140. At 85% (supposedly the lactate threashold) that translates to approximately 175 bpm.

Anyway, enough background, here is the workout.

What I Did:
I set the target zone on my watch for 170-180 bpm and ran for about 15min, then turned around and ran back. I gave a strong kick at the end and ignored the target zone for about 150 meters, then I walked as a cooldown until my HR went out of the bottom of the zone, turned off the stopwatch, and walked back to the house.

The Numbers:
Time - 33:45
avgHR - 177
maxHR - 198
Distance approx 3 miles (according to google maps)

How I Felt:
It sucked, I felt like I was running incredibly slow, but at the end of the run (even after the kick) I felt like I finished refreshed, not exhausted, that should motivate me to do this some more in the future.

Glad to be back!

Kurt