Saturday, January 5, 2008

Long Run: Pace Running with an HRM

Today I did something a little different during my long run. Instead of putting on the footpod to track my pace, I decided to just use the Heart Rate Monitor to keep my rate at 145bpm to see if I could stay at 7:45/mile.

My average ended up being 144bpm and my pace was at 7:44/mile. The goal was met and it gave me a bit more insight to how to change up the way we train. I will take this formula 145bpm = 7:45/mile and see if I can sustain the same HR while lowering the minutes per mile. This would be a direct representation of becoming a more efficient, better fit athlete.

Run Summary
Route: Big Rock to Old Milton Parkway
Distance: 7 Miles
Pace: 7:44/Mile
AVG HR: 144 bpm
MAX HR: 155 bpm

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What kind of Heart Rate Monitor do you have or reccomend?

Anonymous said...

What kind of Heart Rate Monitor do you have or reccomend?

  Sunday run in the rain.