Sunday, May 24, 2015

Increasing Fitness

Definitely feeling recovered from last weekend’s marathon.  The last couple of days of the week my heart rate has been in a a really good range during my runs.  In fact, the heart rate has been better than good.  It is down a good 8 to 10 beats per minute than it was a couple of months ago running at the same pace.  It is a great indicator of my fitness.  Especially with only a week”s recovery after Starved Rock.

Had a real good run today.  No heart rate monitor, but just ran easy by feel.  Ran down on the I & M Canal Towpath from the McLinden/Cemetary Roads Trailhead.  Headed west to Morris and back, exchanged bottles then went east to almost McKinley Woods and back for 20+ mile run.  Felt good for pretty much the whole run with a just a little quad aching in the late stages.  It is really nice running along the I & M Towpath.  Plus it is exactly the kind of running i will be doing for the Hennepin Hundred.  I expect to be hitting the towpath a number of times throughout the summer.  This should be a heavy week of mileage.

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