AM: Kim and I ran one of our regular river bottoms loops. Kind of a brain-dead run for me I think I was still asleep for some of it. Legs feel fair, just going to run easy every day for the time being and throw in some cross-training to give the legs a bit of a break while still working hard enough to get the heart up and out of the comfort zone. Trying to heed everyone's advice from yesterday.
Ave pace 9:36.
Late AM: Spent some time at the gym with my newfound rehabilition buddy Mr. Eliptical. Went a good 40 minutes this time, eased into it the first 5-10 minutes then played my little game where I see how high I can get my heart rate. Set a HR record as I was able to spend some time over 180 toward the end, but mostly in the 165-175 zone. I seem to vaguely remember back a few years when I had a HR monitor that I used to get into the 180s or even 190 on hard runs, but that was when I wasn't in that good of shape and 10 years younger, they always say MAX HR goes down with age. Guess I'll learn more when my garmin finally dies (it's already starting to flake out) and I break down and get that 305.
I feel so much better lately (mentally and physically) after working hard on the eliptical compared to running. I think that's my brain telling me I need to take a break from running and find some substitutes for a while. Looking forward to a nice taper after this week and some time off after SGM.
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