Well, I’ve just returned from my first 5km(3mi) run with the heart rate monitor (HRM). I’d been advised by the book and by Monica that it would be embarrassingly slow and they were right, it was.

To stick below my recovery ceiling of 153 I had to walk a few times, any time there way a slight incline, and run as slow as I could. Even then I often caught myself nudging up and over 153.

I was passed by pretty much every runner in the park.

This is not an ego boost but I’m going to trust the program and show up. I’ll give it the full 16 weeks.

Link to the introduction to this series.

Link to index of all articles in the heart rate training series

Related posts:

1. Heart rate training day 2: trust the system and just show up
2. Heart rate training: index
3. Heart rate training day 7: a 5km jog
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