Week 4 Training

I can't believe it is already Week 4! It goes by so quickly! I am feeling pretty good. I have been looking at my heart rate stats from 4 years ago and I can't believe how far I have come. I also can't believe that I thought it was okay to run in the 190's for every run. I have learned a lot since then. I am planning on it paying off on October 2nd! 10-02-2010!

Monday- I can't remember what I ran. I am guessing it was a couple of miles on the treadmill and then I lifted. See why I need to run outside with my watch?!

Tuesday-Ran hills with Sarah-6 miles. It was great to run with her again. I feel like I am getting stronger on the hills. Ran 2.5 miles with my running group that night.

Wednesday-2 miles outside followed by weights. Nice and easy. :-)

Thursday- 6 mile pace run with 1 mile warmup and 1/2 mile cooldown. Here are my stats:

Mile 1-8:15

Mile 2-8:14

Mile 3-8:12

Mile 4-8:19

Mile 5-8:23

Mile 6-8:20

My heart rate stayed in the 160s-170's for the first couple of miles, then it got up to the 180's. The last hill it hit 193, but then came down. I need to keep figuring out my hills strategy. When I slowed down for the cooldown, I really felt my legs and my heart rate didn't come down all that much. This makes me think I just need to push through the tough parts and use the downhill to keep my heart rate down. Successful run!