Tried a Breathe Right strip . . .
and cut almost a full minute off my run. I also got kind of snotty, but can you believe it. More oxygen helps me run faster. I pushed a bit harder, and I’m also hoping it’s a reflection of some improving fitness as well; but I liked it. I consistently have a hard time breathing through my nose, but the strip really helped.
My AHR was 178 and max was 192 compared to 173 and 185 on Monday so I pushed a bit more. Breathing made the pushing less laborious because the air flowed easier. I got my first mile down to 7:56 and my last little sprint home was at a 7:52 pace. Outside of that I basically shaved about 8 seconds off every mile. My third and fourth miles are still my slow ones, but I’m thinking that might partly be some sharper turns in those miles that make me slow down.
Of course I didn’t swim last night. Took out a Thomas the Train and Uniqua to trick-or-treat instead. Consumed about a thousand calories in sugar. Some nights you burn calories and others nights they burn you.
posted by Jason Fletcher at 7:27 PM
3 Comments:
Hey Jason,
I thought I would respond to this posting and the comment you posted to the last post. Well done. I really enjoy analyzing the numbers and I still can't believe your heart rate. When most people's hr hits 185, they are unable to maintain for very long, yet you seem to push on through. Very curious. I was thinking about the mile times you posted on the last comment, about your 6 mile loop. Bell curved, in essence. Just wondering what would happen to your overall time if you cut your first mile down to about 8:30 instead of 8:05, and tried to run negative splits (each mile a few seconds faster than the preceding), or at least try being more consistent on the splits. It just feels like you are maybe starting out a little too fast and then fading in the middle, with the result being that you then recover from your first two miles to finish with two strong miles at the end. People will say all kinds of things and I am obviously not an expert, but I prefer negative split times, even if I have to start out a little slower.
Good job on your training this week, and lifting weights again will feel so good. I am loving it. Tomorrow is a day of rest from weights, with a short run in the morning and a swim at night. Hopefully. Just one question, what is a Uniqua?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backyardigans#Uniqua
I don’t really maintain at 185 bpm; my sustained rate is really 175 to 180 bpm. I did notice that Lance Armstrong’s max heart rate was 193 bpm. I’ve hit 192. Someday I’m going to have to pay for some sort of heart analysis. I wonder if my heart is smaller than average and that’s why it beats so fast. Before my run last night as I sat waiting for the GPS to get satellite tracking my resting rate was in the low 60’s and I got it down to 55 bpm with breath control.
My brother has a Polar watch that does some sort of heart analysis and then recommends a workout schedule for different goals. I’ve wondered about borrowing it, but I like my Garmin to much to run w/o it. I would feel so data deprived to only have heart rate w/o pace info while running.
What I really need to due is input a workout schedule from RunnersWorld.com into my Garmin and train off that. I’ve never followed an actual training schedule for running before. It would be such a new thing for me. Now to decide what to base the workout goals on. Basically there is very little strategy to my running. Just run and see how I do mostly. I always start off fast because I’ve got the heart rate low and then I get up near redline and just kind of keep it there.
Surely it’s not the most effective way to run. I need to find a 10k or Half Marathon or something like that.
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