Target Heart, Increase Activity, and Food

 

5/27 Route
I made it out this morning for my run. It was good, I was winded early on and was compelled to go slower. I kept repeating to myself, "take it easy, and are you able to carry a conversation?" Since I have been so high on my heart rate during my outings, I figured it would try again to focus on sticking between 132-143 bpm. I did it, I was in the right heart rate zone at an average if 142 bpm. I was shocked when I saw it. I guess getting winded early helped me to slow down and keep where I was aiming to be.

Next week looks a little overwhelming with increasing to 5 minutes of running and 1 minute of walking for 2 days (2 minutes of walking for the first day). I will also be introducing cross training using the body weight exercise. I found from Nerd Fitness. That will be Monday during my lunch. I have also started to listen to a podcast Running Lean. That's really gotten me thinking more about the food I'm eating (combined with the lesson from Thursday where I ate fast food for breakfast and it sat in my stomach like a rock). I'm starting from ground zero with meal planning so I'll need to do some more research on it to get started.

I think that's all for today, here's my week in numbers.

  • Workout: 
    • 1 Day 3 min warmup - 4 min run / 2 minute walk x4 - 3 minute cool down
    • 2 Days 3 min warmup - 4 minute run / 1 minute walk x5 - 3 minute cool down
  • Total Time: 1:34:07
  • Average Split: 0:18:06
  • Total Distance: 5.2 miles
  • Shoes: New Balance Fresh Foam X 880 v12

Thanks for reading.

 -Riley

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