Saturday, April 01, 2006

calibration and one pace lap 5 miles

Today's training: 5.13 miles, to high-school track, around and back, 52:43 (10:28 min/mi), avg 144/max 171

It was warm this morning. About 62 degrees and 80+% humidty (just stopped sprinkling when I went out). It was nice to just throw on a t-shirt and shorts and head out the door.

I ran up to the high school track to calibrate the foot pod. Three laps around gave 1211 meters, confirming that the foot pod was a little generous. I adjusted the calibration, which is now at 1.038.

The 1200m calibration run took 7:03, which is 9:28 pace. My average heart rate was 149, but it drifted from 145 at the start to 155. The graph of my pace looks pretty constant though.

After the three calibration laps, I did one lap to see what 8 min/mi felt like, which is my goal for tomorrow's ten mile race. I did the lap in 1:55.4, which is 7:44 min/mi pace. My heart rate maxed at 171 just a little after I finished the lap.

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