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Week 7 is now complete. I finished my final week 7 run yesterday and it was pretty tough. My mind and body kept trying to convince me to stay in bed and just get another 30 or 45 minutes of sleep. Well, I pushed myself out of bed and got out there for the run. For most of the run my mind kept trying to get me to stop and walk, saying “this is just too hard, stop and walk for a while…”. I knew that it wasn’t too hard because I’d done the same run three times already so I kept on pushing through. My body was pretty tired near the end of the run but I still pushed it for the last 15 to 30 seconds and got in a great workout. After I was done I was very glad that I pushed myself through this and won another battle against my mind. 
While I was running I did notice my HR was above the goal limit that I had set for a lot of the run. Looking back through the Garmin stats I was pushing it a bit more during this run than Wednesday or Monday so that explains why it was hard to keep the HR in my desired zone. I have a feeling it’s going to be that way for a few months while my heart gets into shape.
Garmin Forerunner 305 stats for todays run:
Total workout time, including warm-up and cool-down: 36 Minutes
Average Pace: 1 mile in 12 minutes 12 seconds
Avg Speed/Max Speed: 4.9 mph/13.3 mph
Average Heart Rate: 152 bpm
Max Heart Rate: 187 bpm
Total Distance: 2.95 Miles
Calories Burned: 474
Well, this run wasn’t any less of an internal struggle than Wednesday’s but I made it through just fine. Looks like I’m going to have to get used to pushing through the limits the mind tries to set. See you next week!
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Day 2 down, one more to go in week 7. I really didn’t want to get up this morning but I pushed myself out of bed and got out there. I’d have to say that this day was a challenge. Mostly it was a struggle with my mind more than anything. I knew I could complete the run since I did it on Monday and last Friday but my mind kept on trying to say “lets walk for a bit, this is too hard…”. Well, even though I had a hard time keeping my heart rate in the zone I wanted to I knew I could do it and in the end it wasn’t too hard cause I was still able to push it for the last 30 seconds of the run. Looking at my Garmin stats I see that my average HR for the duration of the exercise was 153 bpm which is well within the range I wanted to keep it. But, looking at the 25 minute period of my run it averaged 162 bpm which is 4 bpm above the max rate I wanted it to go. Oh well, I’m still getting into shape so it’ll take a while before my heart rate can stay within the range I want it to be for the long haul.
Garmin Forerunner 305 stats for todays run:
Total workout time, including warm-up and cool-down: 36 Minutes
Average Pace: 1 mile in 12 minutes 36 seconds
Avg Speed/Max Speed: 4.8 mph/11.8 mph
Average Heart Rate: 153 bpm
Max Heart Rate: 186 bpm
Total Distance: 2.85 Miles
Calories Burned: 436
Hopefully Friday’s run will be a little less of an internal struggle but we’ll have to see. One thing I know is that once the run was over I was happy I pushed myself to get out of bed and kept running for the duration of the 25 minutes. 
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Into week 7, made it through day 1 yesterday. For the most part I was able to keep my heart rate in the zone I wanted to keep it. It does start creeping up into the 160’s bpm in the last 5 to 10 minutes of the run. I found the run to be a challenge but it’s more of a mind game than anything. I know I can make it through the run, it’s just a matter of pushing through the times where there’s some discomfort. The hardest part of this process right now is waking up and getting out the door early. It’s still dark when I get out in the morning so it’s hard to see my Garmin display for about the first 15 minutes so I have to almost wait until I get near a street lamp to see what my heart rate is… Just a few more weeks and I’ll be able to run 5K, that’s quite a stretch from where I was just 7 short weeks ago!
Garmin Forerunner 305 stats for todays run:
Total workout time, including warm-up and cool-down: 36 Minutes
Average Pace: 1 mile in 12 minutes 31 seconds
Avg Speed/Max Speed: 4.8 mph/12.9 mph
Average Heart Rate: 150 bpm
Max Heart Rate: 184 bpm
Total Distance: 2.87 Miles
Calories Burned: 435
I’ll let you know how tomorrow’s run is, see you then!
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