Boots on the Ground 5 Miler

Woke up to pouring rain, there was really no question of whether I was going to do the race or not, if it wasn't cancelled I was there, I mean this is to support out veterans, how can I not be able to tolerate a little rain discomfort. Rain did stop before race start but the humidity was a whole different issue.

I really wasn't sure what was going to happen at this race, I had planned on pushing it if my legs felt fine still sore from the half marathon last week and a full week of training. Well, the legs were fine but the humidity was too much. The heavy over night and in the morning cooled things down a bit but the woods held on to the humidity, on the first half since we are in an enclosed trail (crushed limestone) thick vegetation on both sides breathing was unbearable and I was pouring sweat. I could not control my heart rate, I was in the 200s for the first 2 miles, my HR didn't come down to the 160s until we got to the other side with the creek on our right, pushing it on the first half wasn't happening every time I tried it, it  felt like I was having a heart attack, so I covered the Garmin up and ran by feel, finish in 46:50, was actually surprised I ran that fast, too many speedy women in my age group I think I was 7/8. Garmin is not accurate, lost signal in one section of the woods and I also started it before the start, a duh moment. Max HR 210bpm Avg 172bpm

The race was very well organized and started promptly, for a first year race they did an amazing job.

After the race, Shelby came over and we hook up with Daniel( he ran the race also) and got in 6 milers before Daniel had to leave to take care of his dogs. Heart rate and legs felt fine, different section of trail. Max HR 158bpm, Average  151bpm



After we dropped Daniel off, Shelby and I went back on the race course starting at the finish for 4 more miles, max HR 157bpm Avg 148bpm



So ended up with 15 miles for the day. Got back home in time to shower, change and get ready for a graduation party

 

Did very good at the party, avoiding all my trigger foods and alcohol . Life is good

Soaring Heartrate

45mins easy on the schedule today, for some reason I am struggling with running seem all I want to do is ride or play in the water. I started this workout easy enough but for some reason my heartrate was climbing and at a very slow jog I was pass my max and was reading 210, so turn off the treadmill and let things drop down to 100 before starting back up on , initially took it to a slow work and that didn't do the trick.

After gettign back on the treadmill and restarting, HR over around the 140s, not really sure was cause it to spike, I did feel fine, no light headedness or anything when it happened. Got in the required 45mins for 4.65 miles.

Strength workout for today was S90: Chest and Back and then quick change off to the pool, my life guard adviser came in towards the end of my session, only got in 20mins this time around.