Last night I did an experiment with heartrate training. I geared up and set out for a six mile run. The goal was to stay at an aerobic heartrate so 180-my age(33) = 147bpm. This is damn near impossible. I was going so slow I figured I may as well be walking. It was so slow, I didn't even have to open my mouth to breath.
I did get down to 147 a few times but for the large majority of it I was under 160. I just couldn't run any slower. At the end of the distance, I felt like I had hardly done anything. I did the math and discovered I was doing 12 min/mile. That's faster than I expected given the effort level, but frustratingly slow.
I know it's something that needs time and consistency. I just need to think about if I have the patience.
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