It's not been a good week for me with the snot fest followed by the flem fest and I have a feeling the chest fest is soon to follow. But I'm well rested and my HRV technology was telling me I was ok so today I went out for a 10 mile trail run - the one I only managed half of last Saturday. The conditions were so wet underfoot that at one stage I had to divert via a very muddy field to get round my circuit. But othwise it was a perfect day for running.
I enjoyed the freedom of running while not gasping for breath and taking in the beautiful scenery of Chatelherault Country Park. There is 800 ft of climbing during the 10 miles so it's a tough track but after lap 1 I felt fine and after lap 2 I knew I had run within my capability, but pushed it a little. However the data from my ever reliable Garmin said my average heart rate was 199 and my max was 256. I remember looking at my watch at 256 and thinking, if this is accurate them I'm dead! I wasn't struggling with my breath so I disregarded the data. Time to buy a new heart rate strap as these heart rate statistics are meaningless.
Tomorrow I will be running again but will use it as a recovery run. My son will also be competing in an 800m race. Should be fun, at least for me to watch, but he will look as tired as I am at the end. It's great to be back exercising but I know I've got to take care at this stage.
Saturday 4 January 2014
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