Monday was a rest day, and I opted to take Tuesday as a rest day as well. The house chore of mowing the lawn took precedence, since I wasn't able to mow all weekend with the ground so wet. I also figured that if I am going to have a rest week, I mine as well let all the minor aches and pains work themselves out (shin splints, ankles still a little tender, etc).
Not wanting to lose too much edge, but being limited to about 5 miles at the moment, I thought maybe doing a speed/tempo/hill run would be good. So after about a mile of warmup, I ran a loop around the house that includes about as much incline as there is in the immediate area. During the run, I tried to keep my HR above 170, allowing it to get into the 180's for brief periods of time at the top of the hill. Usually on the downhill sections, though, my HR got down into the high 150's or the 160's. In order to keep the HR in the 170's on the downhill, it would have required speeds that I'm not quite comfortable with, both for footing and traction reasons, as well as because going downhill seems a lot more impact-intensive than flat or uphill.
Lap 1 - 08:09 Avg HR 137 (warmup - 0.8 miles)
Lap 2 - 07:39 Avg HR 167 (first hill - 0.87 miles)
Lap 3 - 08:33 Avg HR 166 (down hill - 0.98 miles)
Lap 4 - 06:28 Avg HR 178 (second hill - 0.75 miles)
Lap 5 - 06:30 Avg HR 171 (down hill - 0.75 miles)
Total Distance: 3.35 miles (not including warmup)
Total Time: 29:13 (not including warmup)
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