Stride Length

I planned for12 miles today. Actually, planned on 2 hours. SRLA was running 8 miles, so I had to figure out when to start my run. Historically, they have been late getting started, but I heard this year they are on time. When they started to run, I had just finished 4.25 miles. Can't get it much closer than that.

I purposefully ran my first 4 miles slowly. Mile 5 was extra slow because I was trying to figure out a problem one of the runners was having with his knee. Most of the remaining files were faster than I wanted. I remember back in the day when running that pace was a piece of cake. I still have a long way to go but I am not going to rush it.

My left big toe acted up when I pushed my pace on a decline. Hopefully, that will work itself out.

At some point I realized that I needed to slow my pace or else I would have 5 minutes left when I reached the ending point. Also, I back-tracked near the end to eat up a couple of those minutes.

The take away of today's run is my stride length. 0.94 on the slow miles and closer to 1.0 on the faster miles. During my runs I constantly monitor my heart rate and my cadence. Lately, I also been monitoring my ground contact time left/right balance but more about that on another day.

First 4.2 solo, remainder w/SRLA. Left big toe acted up when I pushed off of it at six miles. Solo miles slow, faster w/SRLA but I forced a slower final 2 miles to make sure my time was around 2 hours. 12.56 @ 9:33 2:00:03 HR 136.3 bpm HR [0]:55 [1]:55 [7203]:147 [7204]:146 CAD 174.6 spm Avg. Strd. Len. 0.96 m GCT 223.6 ms Vert Osc 7.4 cm TE 3.6 Cal 1488 61.4 F T1 63.8 F T2 63.4 F 11/6/2016 6:54:09 AM.

12.56 @ 9:33 2:00:03 HR 136.3 bpm HR [0]:55 [1]:55 [7203]:147 [7204]:146 CAD 174.6 spm Avg. Strd. Len. 0.96 m GCT 223.6 ms Vert Osc 7.4 cm TE 3.6 Cal 1488 61.4 F T1 63.8 F T2 63.4 F 11/6/2016 6:54:09 AM
1 - 9:56 HR 110.3 CAD 86.0 Avg Vert Osc 7.4 Avg GCT 258.4 Avg Strd Len 0.94
2 - 9:52 HR 124.7 CAD 86.3 Avg Vert Osc 7.2 Avg GCT 259.7 Avg Strd Len 0.94
3 - 9:53 HR 127.8 CAD 86.5 Avg Vert Osc 7.3 Avg GCT 247.9 Avg Strd Len 0.94
4 - 9:51 HR 129.9 CAD 86.2 Avg Vert Osc 7.5 Avg GCT 242.2 Avg Strd Len 0.95
5 - 10:14 HR 133.5 CAD 85.1 Avg Vert Osc 7.7 Avg GCT 250.7 Avg Strd Len 0.92
6 - 9:19 HR 140.1 CAD 87.7 Avg Vert Osc 7.3 Avg GCT 219.5 Avg Strd Len 0.98
7 - 8:54 HR 141.7 CAD 88.4 Avg Vert Osc 7.5 Avg GCT 218.5 Avg Strd Len 1.02
8 - 8:50 HR 145.7 CAD 88.9 Avg Vert Osc 7.6 Avg GCT 211.9 Avg Strd Len 1.02
9 - 8:58 HR 146.8 CAD 88.8 Avg Vert Osc 7.4 Avg GCT 199.9 Avg Strd Len 1.01
10 - 9:19 HR 147.1 CAD 88.3 Avg Vert Osc 7.1 Avg GCT 211.8 Avg Strd Len 0.98
11 - 9:35 HR 144.4 CAD 87.7 Avg Vert Osc 7.3 Avg GCT 201.5 Avg Strd Len 0.96
12 - 9:49 HR 142.0 CAD 87.6 Avg Vert Osc 7.2 Avg GCT 179.3 Avg Strd Len 0.94
0.56 - 5:27 HR 145.7 CAD 88.7 Avg Vert Osc 7.2 Avg GCT 177.5 Avg Strd Len 0.94 pace 9:41