I'm still trying to get this running thing down. On Monday I set a new record...I ran for 8 minutes straight at 4.0 mph. By the end of the 8 minutes my heart rate was up to 168 beats per minute. Which is 90% of my maximum heart rate. I'm still doing research on where my heart rate should be but I think this is too high for what I want to accomplish. My lungs are increasing air capacity and I don't feel like I've been punched 100 times in the chest anymore.
Yesterday's run I didn't do quite a well and only ran for 6 minutes straight. My heart rate still got up to 165. Too high. I need to back to the training schedule...I have strayed. My plan is to monitor my heart rate after 4 minutes of continuous running. Then I'll walk for either 1 minute or 2 minutes depending on how fast my ticker is beating. I'll continue with that cycle until I reach 25-30 minutes of exercise.
If my fellow runners have any tips please let me know! I've been so tempted this last week to just go back to walking.
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