In the “Zone” May 27, 2008
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This morning I met Kristi for our walk, and decided to try keeping my heartrate in the zone that I calculated yesterday. I configured my Polar & the treadmill for a target heart rate of 140. I discovered that my walks with Kristi were probably doing nothing for me. After 5 minutes, the treadmill (in an effort to elevate my heart rate) cranked up the incline to 12. It felt like rock climbing. I realized that if I wanted to get my heart rate up I would need to run.
So, I set the treadmill at a comfortable 5.5mph and let the gentle incline adjustments keep my heartrate in check. In total I spent 36 minutes in “the zone” of 130-146bpm. Surprisingly I covered a little over 3 miles in this time. I have to admit I didn’t expect that.
It felt a little too easy, but I’m willing to give it a try. My only concern now is that I may be sacrificing endurance and speed for fat burning.
I have a run with Sherene in a few hours. We’ll try this again!
Logbook Activity
- Type: Run
- Date: 05/27/2008
- Time: 06:00:00
- Total Time: 00:48:31.00
- Average Heart rate: 134
- Max Heart rate: 151
- Calories: 343
- Distance: 3.37 miles
- Average Pace: 14:23.31/mile
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