Short and Easy

Tonight was the first time I ran back to back, so it was appropriately short and slow. I didn't get to head out until almost 9pm, and the dinner sitting in my stomach worried me a little even though the plan was to go for only 3km and as easy and slow as possible. After a burp here and a belch there, I managed to run around the neighbourhood in 19:14 at a nice recovery pace of 6:24/km. The heart rate barely cracked the 140bpm mark (though it seems to have spiked up to 146 at one point, and I don't think the racoon that jumped out in front of me at one point was to blame) and averaged out at 130bpm. The legs felt a bit heavy, but that was to be expected. I must admit that it hardly seems worth it to go out for such a short time and distance, but it all adds up in the end I suppose. I think back to my early attemps at running in the Fall of 2007 when I would jog for 15 minutes and think that was an accomplishment! Boy was I out of shape then...

Garmin don't lie.


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