After taking a week off I went running last night with my group. It's not exactly running - more like walking then jogging. But I am getting more of the jogging in. My goal last night was 2 min of jogging 1 min of walking. It was kind of sporadic, I think. It ended up being more like 1:45 of jogging and 1:30 of walking. Since I have my new Forerunner (!) I can keep track of my heart rate also. So now I have been trying to keep my heart rate in "the zone", but also trying to jog longer. It hasn't really worked yet. My heart rate goes too high - at least according to all the heart rate training info I have read. I'm supposed to be at 135bpm, but I am more like 155bpm when I jog. I don't really feel bad training that high, but I'm not sure it's "good for me". So I'll keep researching that. I guess I should check with my running coach, Mark. He seems pretty knowledgeable....
So my question is: should I follow my heart rate OR should I try to follow the time? My very experienced sister, Debi, would know.... :-)
The other really cool thing about the Forerunner is it tracks the distance I run. Last night it was 4 miles in 1 hour. Pretty slow, but really cool!!!!! Love it!!!
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