Progress At Last

I didn't feel like running today. My quads, shoulders, and biceps were sore. It was hot outside. Excuses, excuses, excuses. I decided to give it a try. I told myself I would be happy if I was able to get 4 miles done.

The goal was to keep my HR down. If I could do that, I knew I would stand a chance.

Success! I made it 6 miles but that is not why I said success. There are two reasons I am really happy with my run. You should be able to figure out one of the reasons but looking a my stats below. The other reason is not in the stats.

9:06 HR 129.3 that's really good for 91 F but check out my training effect (TE). It is 2.2. Usually a run at that pace in this temperature (when I am not sore) will get me 4!

The other reason is my Garmin 620 said I need a 12 hour recovery time. I have never seen it give me less than 30+ hours recovery time.

6.06 @ 9:06 55:10 HR 129.3 bpm  CAD 175.8 spm Avg. Strd. Len. 1.01 m GCT 234.2 ms Vert Osc 6.8 cm TE 2.2 Cal 595 90.7 F 9/22/2014 3:44:16 PM

1 - 9:20 HR 108.1 CAD 87.6 Avg Vert Osc 6.9 Avg GCT 257.6 Avg Strd Len 0.98
2 - 8:56 HR 122.1 CAD 88.1 Avg Vert Osc 6.9 Avg GCT 241.8 Avg Strd Len 1.02
3 - 9:13 HR 130.0 CAD 87.7 Avg Vert Osc 6.8 Avg GCT 235.9 Avg Strd Len 1.00
4 - 9:17 HR 134.0 CAD 87.8 Avg Vert Osc 6.7 Avg GCT 219.3 Avg Strd Len 0.99
5 - 9:02 HR 139.0 CAD 87.9 Avg Vert Osc 6.8 Avg GCT 222.6 Avg Strd Len 1.01
6 - 8:50 HR 142.7 CAD 88.1 Avg Vert Osc 6.8 Avg GCT 224.4 Avg Strd Len 1.03
0.06 - 0:29 HR 143.8 CAD 88.0 Avg Vert Osc 6.7 Avg GCT 227.5 Avg Strd Len 1.07 pace 8:32