johnisrunning Member

Feel free to add me, I'm a pretty consistent logger. I always try to be motivating. :)

Heart rate was all over the place this morning, despite an easy, controlled pace. I have no idea why. 11/1- 4 miles 11/2- 7.8 miles 11/3- Rest 11/4- 4.8 miles 11/5- 6.55 miles 11/6- 4.15 miles 11/7- 16 miles 11/8- 4.65 miles 11/9- 6.59 miles 11/10- 4.56 miles 11/11- 6.83 miles 11/12- Rest 11/13- 3.64 miles 11/14- 10 miles…

32:00 easy run this morning after weightlifting. Long run tomorrow as the taper continues. 11/1- 4 miles 11/2- 7.8 miles 11/3- Rest 11/4- 4.8 miles 11/5- 6.55 miles 11/6- 4.15 miles 11/7- 16 miles 11/8- 4.65 miles 11/9- 6.59 miles 11/10- 4.56 miles 11/11- 6.83 miles 11/12- Rest 11/13- 3.64 miles November To-Date: 69.57…

Well, I'm not fond of the forum changes... 11/1- 4 miles 11/2- 7.8 miles 11/3- Rest 11/4- 4.8 miles 11/5- 6.55 miles 11/6- 4.15 miles 11/7- 16 miles 11/8- 4.65 miles 11/9- 6.59 miles 11/10- 4.56 miles 11/11- 6.83 miles 11/12- Rest November To-Date: 65.93 miles November Target: 158 miles Percentage Complete: 41.73% On…

40 minutes easy, then weightlifting today. Felt a little better than the last few days as the fatigue is just about behind me. Tomorrow might be my last bit of speedwork (aside from strides) before the half on the 20th. 11/1- 4 miles 11/2- 7.8 miles 11/3- Rest 11/4- 4.8 miles 11/5- 6.55 miles 11/6- 4.15 miles 11/7- 16…

Still fatigued from Sunday's run, so it's been two easy runs for yesterday and today. Looks like this week's rest day will be Friday, due to the weather forecast. 11/1- 4 miles 11/2- 7.8 miles 11/3- Rest 11/4- 4.8 miles 11/5- 6.55 miles 11/6- 4.15 miles 11/7- 16 miles 11/8- 4.65 miles 11/9- 6.59 miles November To-Date:…

Ran 16 miles basically next to part of the NYC Marathon route this morning, but didn't have the energy for more. Two weeks of tapering ahead, with a Half on the 20th. 11/1- 4 miles 11/2- 7.8 miles 11/3- Rest 11/4- 4.8 miles 11/5- 6.55 miles 11/6- 4.15 miles 11/7- 16 miles (2:10:42, 8:10/mile) November To-Date: 43.3 miles…

Sure and that's usually what I do on long runs. Most of the time when I'm watching HR, it's to make sure I'm not working too hard on easy runs.

Good question. I believe it's largely psychosomatic, caused by the heart rate readings on my wristwatch. When my hands are cold, I suspect that my heart is pumping more blood to my hands faster to keep them warm, resulting in what appears to be a heart rate that is more elevated than it should be given the pace and…

I've fallen behind on posting! The weather is turning colder and I alternate between handling it well and not handling it well. After a rest on Wednesday, Thursday's run was poor. I was so drained from the totality of everything that I ended up taking a sick day from work. Friday's run, therefore, was a little better and I…

Woke up sluggish, unsure if I was going to do a quality session or another easy run. My Garmin said I was fully recovered, but I didn't start off feeling that way, so I opted for the easy run, dreading the thought of lugging another 7 miles. The first mile was a little leggy, but the weather was perfect and I clocked in at…

Another month, another set of goals. I'm running a half marathon on the 20th, so there'll be some tapering in the coming weeks. More importantly, I enter November 308 miles away from my goal for the year. So, it looks like the plan is going to be 158 miles in November and 150 in December to get there. Recovery run this…

Finished strong, ending the month with a personal record 187.76 miles. It's also the first time I've surpassed 300 km in a month. 10/1- 7.6 miles 10/2- 4.05 miles 10/3- 14 miles 10/4- 4 miles 10/5- 8 miles 10/6- 4 miles 10/7- Rest 10/8- 8.15 miles 10/9- 4 miles 10/10- 13.5 miles 10/11- 4.35 miles 10/12- 6.6 miles 10/13- 5…

Apparently, I have not run 6x800s in over a month... I decided to compare today's results to every other set of 800s I've run in this training cycle (including one set that was 2x800, 2x tempo miles, 2x800) and the results are in the chart here: The target is about 3:08.5, so everything faster than that is colored in…

Not a great run in the colder weather this morning. 10/1- 7.6 miles 10/2- 4.05 miles 10/3- 14 miles 10/4- 4 miles 10/5- 8 miles 10/6- 4 miles 10/7- Rest 10/8- 8.15 miles 10/9- 4 miles 10/10- 13.5 miles 10/11- 4.35 miles 10/12- 6.6 miles 10/13- 5 miles 10/14- Rest 10/15- 4.21 miles 10/16- 5.11 miles 10/17- 10.06 miles…

4 x tempo miles this morning (target pace - 6:51/ mile). Hit them in 6:49.8, 6:50.5, 6:55.4 and 6:46.1. After really struggling in the third, I was surprised to run the fastest of them all on the fourth. Heart rate did climb a little too high on the first and fourth miles, which I chalk up to not being able to run…

First mile of the recovery run was very sluggish this morning, but eventually got the average pace under 9:00/mile. It looks like rain is going to mandate a rest day tomorrow, though... 10/1- 7.6 miles 10/2- 4.05 miles 10/3- 14 miles 10/4- 4 miles 10/5- 8 miles 10/6- 4 miles 10/7- Rest 10/8- 8.15 miles 10/9- 4 miles 10/10-…

10/1- 7.6 miles 10/2- 4.05 miles 10/3- 14 miles 10/4- 4 miles 10/5- 8 miles 10/6- 4 miles 10/7- Rest 10/8- 8.15 miles 10/9- 4 miles 10/10- 13.5 miles 10/11- 4.35 miles 10/12- 6.6 miles 10/13- 5 miles 10/14- Rest 10/15- 4.21 miles 10/16- 5.11 miles 10/17- 10.06 miles 10/18- 4.6 miles 10/19- 7.5 miles 10/20- 4.52 miles…

Not as much to talk about today. Easy paced run, pretty straightforward stuff. 10/1- 7.6 miles 10/2- 4.05 miles 10/3- 14 miles 10/4- 4 miles 10/5- 8 miles 10/6- 4 miles 10/7- Rest 10/8- 8.15 miles 10/9- 4 miles 10/10- 13.5 miles 10/11- 4.35 miles 10/12- 6.6 miles 10/13- 5 miles 10/14- Rest 10/15- 4.21 miles 10/16- 5.11…

A core principle of training is that each workout should serve some intended purpose. Your easy runs train your body to use oxygen efficiently, while speed work trains your body to deal with "waste products" like lactic acid. Paces that fall in between both zones don't train either system as effectively. This zone…

Thank you! :) That's very kind of you to say. I have never really felt like "the fast one" as I find myself right on the threshold between novice runners and competitive runners in terms of race times, which is a kind of weird place to be. But I'd be happy to talk more about my speed work in the thread! @AlphaHowls Sorry…

Racing is a funny thing. There is so little you can actually control: your training in the build-up, your focus and your effort on the day of, and that's about it. You can't control the weather conditions, you can't control the layout of the course and you can't control the competition that shows up. I ran a 5K on Saturday…

6x400s at Repetition Pace (1:28/400m). This is the last bit of sharpening before a 5K on Saturday that I signed up for on a whim at the end of last week. Missed the target on the first rep (1:32.4, which is closer to my usual Interval Pace of 1:34/400m) because it took me a bit to get my legs under me. The rest were pretty…

After 10 easy miles this morning, I decided to run the last 5K of my long run at tempo heart rate to see how strong I could finish while fatigued, without pushing too hard. The final 5K clocked in at 22:10 (after running the previous 10 miles in 1:24:02). So, overall, a mixed pace half marathon in 1:46:12, plus a brief…

Runner from New York City here, getting back into strength training now that my gym has re-opened. I try to be as supportive as I can. Add me!

4 x miles at tempo pace (intended to be around 6:51/mile) this morning. Ran them all very consistently, though about 2 seconds or so too fast - 6:48.7, 6:49.1, 6:49.3, 6:48.5 10/1- 7.6 miles 10/2- 4.05 miles 10/3- 14 miles 10/4- 4 miles 10/5- 8 miles 10/6- 4 miles 10/7- Rest 10/8- 8.15 miles (1:06:25, 8:09/mile) October…

Another round of 4 miles of recovery + weightlifting at the gym. Rest day tomorrow. 10/1- 7.6 miles 10/2- 4.05 miles 10/3- 14 miles 10/4- 4 miles 10/5- 8 miles 10/6- 4 miles (35:52, 8:57/mile) October To-Date: 41.65 miles October Target: 185 miles Percentage Complete: 22.51% On-Pace?: 5.83 miles ahead of pace

Not actually a treadmill hater at all! My comment had been more intended to show how long it had been since I had access to one. But I am also glad that I don't run exclusively on a treadmill anymore. I will need to get back on the treadmill soon enough to get back to some level of hill training. The area I live in is too…

10x400s this morning with a target of 1:34 (6:18/mile): 1:33.9 ✅, 1:32.2 ✅, 1:32.8 ✅, 1:34.2 ❌, 1:33.3 ✅, 1:31.2 ✅, 1:30.7 ✅, 1:30.6 ✅, 1:30.8 ✅, 1:30.2 ✅ I have to figure out how the weather looks for the rest of the week to figure out where the rest day will go. 10/1- 7.6 miles 10/2- 4.05 miles 10/3- 14 miles 10/4- 4…

Happy Monday! For the first time in 81 weeks, my gym was open this morning! (Its reopening had been severely delayed due to an outdated HVAC system that was inadequate for the city's COVID protocols). It opens a little later than I would normally work out (6:30 am), which necessitated doing my 4 mile recovery run at the…