Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Distant lightning

I have now put together a training plan for the next month and a half.  This morning called for 3 miles.

As I got out to run, I noticed somewhat ominous clouds to the south.  After a few minutes, I started seeing lightning.  Normally, I don't run if there is the possibility of lightning, so I kept a close watch on it.  It stayed to the south and I couldn't even hear the cloud to ground lightning.  I decided if it got close enough to hear, I'd head home.  Just in case, I chose my route to be close enough to home that I could book it home in a couple minutes.

I was very glad I had a goal today.   There were several times I could have justified quitting early.  But, I ended up running my goal of 3 miles.  It was a very slllloooooowwww three miles.  I averaged a 12 min/mile pace.  I was going for distance not speed, so I'm not going to harp on that, though.

No problems with my feet or legs!  That is a very nice feeling.  My stomach did feel a bit off before I started, but it seemed to settle during the run.

I tightened the heart rate monitor a little bit and my reading was perfect this time. (see below)

bunnies: 6 (Some were certainly counted twice, but that is their fault. If they didn't want to be counted twice, they should have gotten out of the way the first time I went by!)


A good hear rate reading

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