Today I did a recovery run on the track at the field house. I was monitoring my heart rate and trying to stay around 150 bpm. This morning I measured my RHR (56 bpm) so 150 bpm is 69% of max if I assume that my max is 193. In order to stay at 150 I had to slow down to an 11-minute mile, which is insanely slow-I felt I could have probably been walking as fast as I was "running". I also did several manual measurements of my heart rate to check the HRM and it was pretty accurate. I'm not sure why my heart rate is going so high for such a minimal effort. I didn't feel too fatigued during the runs yesterday or today, but my heart rate seems to be saying that I should feel more tired. I plan to continue monitoring my heart rate over the next few weeks/months, and I also might try to empirically determine an apparent max HR. Following the run I did 50 crunches, 22 push-ups, 50 each side leg lifts, and 2 planks (45 sec and 30 sec). I can feel my upper body strength improving with the push-ups. As a side note, I bought two good cake pans (magic line) that initially baked a cake evenly and without a large bulge being formed on top. Tonight I switched recipes from the Dede Wilson white cake to the 4-egg (yellow) cake from the Joy of Cooking. The cakes bulged. Maybe it was switching back to all-purpose flour instead of using the cake flour... |