- May 26, 2007
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- Health & Beauty, Life of Jenny
e l e v e n . . .
Today, we ran 11.1 miles. I am finding I start tanking around mile 9. It could mean I need to take some water on these longer runs, or some Gu, or pop a few electrolyte capsules at mile 8. I can’t do sports drinks, they upset my stomach…
Post run feelings: My knees hurt. My stomach seems to be quite a bit calmer than last time. I smelled ammonia again. It was really stong today. Have I mentioned the kind of hills we have here? There is nowhere to run without hills. No. Stinkin’. Where. It’s good on the whole “get your heart-rate up” philosophy, but stinks when one wants to maintain a better pace… or take it easy on the knees. I ate a piece of toast with PB&J and a half a glass of milk before the run… after the run I shared a plate of biscuits and gravy from Central Market with Olivia, and chased it down with a nonfat latte – grande
I should have probably eaten a broccoli tree dipped in raw egg or somethin’…
In related news, I got this really great heart-rate monitor (the pink one). It tracks one’s heart rate, calories burned, amount of time in one’s zone, percentage of fat calories burned… It’s cool.
According to my handy-dandy new pink watch, it tells me we ran for 2:05:48 (we walked several minutes in there and stopped for a potty break). I burned 1,258 calories, 25% were fat calories (the rest were glycogen cals, many of which probably came from my brain glycogen stores – seriously – maybe that’s where the ammonia smell comes from…). My max heart rate topped at 179 (96%). If I hit 185 I should be dead – at least that’s my understanding. I actually think my max could be a bit higher… I need to do a little test… My average rate was 164 (88%). I spent 1:06:42 “in zone” (see chart at end of post)…
However, the nearly 1 hour I did NOT spend “in zone” was actually spent ABOVE zone. I need to talk to a professional about this – am I killing my heart or is my max number inaccurate? I went to a zone training class on Thursday night, and Jan (the gal who taught us) said that Lance Armstrong maintains his heart rate at 95% during his races and trains to be able to push like that! Dude. I guess I’m kinda like Lance… I hit 96%.
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Wow, you are running without Gu or water? I carry around both with me, water all the time and gels for anything past 9 miles or so. I must be a wimp though. Yeah I have a high heart rate too. Hope you take it easy on the knees. Come run on the south side of the island – it is flat there – I did a couple 8 mile loops without hills last weekend there…Keep it going! Congrats!