Well of my heart at least. Or perhaps I should qualify even that, by saying in control of my heart 'rate', as in beats per minute. Control of my heart is a much bigger challenge, one that, being a parent, I'm not sure I will ever conquer. But for today at least I will settle for being in control of my heart rate. And I say for today, as experience has proven that I've lost this control before, and if I'm not careful I may lose it again.
I knew I needed to get outside today one way or another, and for once the weather was almost co-operative. Despite a stiff breeze the temperature was above zero, and all the snow was gone off the shoulders. My legs felt a whole lot better this morning but I still headed out to do the block with some trepidation. By 2 kms that wasn't dispelled, as my heart rate had not gone over 120 bpm. I was however running quite slowly so at that point I thought I should play with it a bit to see what happened. I was very relieved to see that I could bump it up to 130 with just a minute or so of effort. Phew!
So I also decided to immediately back right off, as today's effort was solely to get my feet wet again, with the intention of gradually increasing the duration and intensity over the coming days. That's not quite how it worked out however, as my internal coach told me to keep it up for a bit. Here's the data.
You can ignore the early party of the heart rate graph because that's before I got sweaty enough to get a good connection. Also the little blip you see just before 3 K is the surge I put on to see if I could get my rate up on demand. Beyond that you can see the near perfect parallel between heart rate, and pace. That's the way it's supposed to work!!
So while I did up push it a bit towards the end, it was quite a short run, and I'm pretty sure I didn't overdo it. I'll know tomorrow for sure, and while at this point I don't yet know what I'll be doing, I will try my damndest to err on the side of caution. Of paramount importance is that I get a 30 km run in this coming week, as the Bay Race is 2 weeks from tomorrow. By Tuesday or Wednesday they are promising normal March temperatures, so I may let the weather determine which day it will be.
run 7.3 kms, 37:30
"The will is a powerful ally and desperate enemy. When not subdued by self-control, it becomes a tyrant of selfishness. Under the yoke of self-control however, it is a driving force of perseverance."---Natasha Vanderlinden
I knew I needed to get outside today one way or another, and for once the weather was almost co-operative. Despite a stiff breeze the temperature was above zero, and all the snow was gone off the shoulders. My legs felt a whole lot better this morning but I still headed out to do the block with some trepidation. By 2 kms that wasn't dispelled, as my heart rate had not gone over 120 bpm. I was however running quite slowly so at that point I thought I should play with it a bit to see what happened. I was very relieved to see that I could bump it up to 130 with just a minute or so of effort. Phew!
So I also decided to immediately back right off, as today's effort was solely to get my feet wet again, with the intention of gradually increasing the duration and intensity over the coming days. That's not quite how it worked out however, as my internal coach told me to keep it up for a bit. Here's the data.
You can ignore the early party of the heart rate graph because that's before I got sweaty enough to get a good connection. Also the little blip you see just before 3 K is the surge I put on to see if I could get my rate up on demand. Beyond that you can see the near perfect parallel between heart rate, and pace. That's the way it's supposed to work!!
So while I did up push it a bit towards the end, it was quite a short run, and I'm pretty sure I didn't overdo it. I'll know tomorrow for sure, and while at this point I don't yet know what I'll be doing, I will try my damndest to err on the side of caution. Of paramount importance is that I get a 30 km run in this coming week, as the Bay Race is 2 weeks from tomorrow. By Tuesday or Wednesday they are promising normal March temperatures, so I may let the weather determine which day it will be.
run 7.3 kms, 37:30
"The will is a powerful ally and desperate enemy. When not subdued by self-control, it becomes a tyrant of selfishness. Under the yoke of self-control however, it is a driving force of perseverance."---Natasha Vanderlinden
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