Run 1/3/09

When I stepped out, I felt under-dressed when the air hit me. My arms were cold. My arms are never cold. But once I got started, I felt okay. Once my core was warmed up, having cold arms was actually refreshing. I really wasn't expecting this run to go well. That's mostly because I don't care for leaving a warm house for the cold outdoors. Oh and I decided to attempt 5mi instead of last weekend's 4mi. I haven't run 5mi in what feels like ages (since 9/15/08). I just checked my previous stats. And oddly enough, this looks like my fastest 5miler to date. Go me! And just think, the first time I ran 5mi it took me about an hour. So maybe, just maybe if I don't punk out for the rest of the winter, I can knock out 5mi in 45min about time Spring rolls around. Oh wait, that means a 9:00/mi pace. Okay so maybe not. I'll just do what I can. So back to the actual run. I stopped in the beginning of mile 2 for a bit to change my music. I started out listening to an artist/album I had never played before. I scanned the tracks briefly beforehand. I thought it was pretty decent, but it just didn't agree with me. So I switched to old, faithful 4hero Presents Brazilika. Maybe that's why mile 3 was such a pleasure to run. It was like the planets were in alignment. But I'm sure it helped that it was going downhill. I was hoping for all negative splits, but not so much. Oh well, it still worked out. In case you've forgotten, THIS IS MY FASTEST 5MILER TO DATE! So it's all good. Well, I'm off to lay up and such. I'm having tummy issues. Not sure why, but whatever. Enjoy your weekend, everyone! Activity Route: Park Elev. Avg: 28 ft Location: Willingboro, NJ Elev. Gain: -30 ft Date: 01/03/09 Up/Downhill: [+193/-223] Time: 02:14 PM Difficulty: 2.1 / 5.0 Weather: Fair 37 F temp; 40% humidity 37 F heat index; winds NW 9 G 16 Performance Distance: 5.00 miles Time: 0:47:56 Speed: 6.3 mph Pace: 9' 35 /mi Heart Rate: 173 bpm (Avg) Calories: 560 192 bpm (Peak) Notes Cool Down = .42mi HR Monitor issues the first half mile in. Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Heart Rate (bpm) Heart Rate Zones Zone Range (bpm) Time In Zone Distance In Zone Zone 5 180 - 200 0h 31m 64% 3.28 mi Zone 4 160 - 180 0h 12m 24% 1.22 mi Zone 3 140 - 160 0h 01m 3% 0.16 mi Zone 2 120 - 140 0h 00m 0% 0.01 mi Zone 1 100 - 120 0h 03m 5% 0.26 mi (none) out of range 0h 02m 3% 0.19 mi Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Heart Rate Elev Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 9' 52 +0' 17 6.1 -0.2 135 -46 ft 2 9' 47 +0' 12 6.1 -0.1 178 +16 ft 3 9' 24 -0' 09 6.4 +0.1 184 -19 ft 4 9' 32 -0' 03 6.3 +0.0 188 +16 ft end 9' 20 -0' 15 6.4 +0.1 189 +4 ft Versus average of 9' 35 min/mile

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