Another Hill Day

I slept pretty well last night and for nearly 8.5 hours. I could stand a couple more nights of 8+hours of sleep, though. When I woke up, my chest felt heavy, meaning it felt a little difficult to take a very full, deep breath. A few coughs, and it seemed okay. This afternoon I took a rather long nap to the "sleeping channel" (Weather Channel) and woke up with the same feeling in my chest as this morning along with a headache.

Workout

September 11
7:35 a.m. CT
Warm up: .45 mile walk.
Run 23:50.6 - HR ave 136, max 151, pace 11:30.
Hill Repeats 17:19.7 - HR ave 145, max 169.

            HR   HR   HR
 Time   Ave  Max  End
run  0:46.5 138, 166, 166
walk 2:02.8 140, 167, 112

run  0:47.6 141, 168, 168
walk 2:00.9 144, 169, 117

run  0:48.1 144, 168, 168
walk 2:00.9 149, 169, 125

run  0:49.4 147, 167, 167
walk 2:04.1 149, 168, 127

run  0:52.0 149, 167, 167
walk 2:07.5 147, 168, 125

run  0:53.8 148, 166, 166
walk 2:06.1 146, 167, 121

Run 23:58.2 - HR ave 156, max 163, pace 11:34.
Distance: 4.14 + 1.32 = 5.46 miles.
Cool down: n/a
@start: 61, 81%, partly cloudy, E@3.
@end: 66, 76%, sunny, ESE@7.

The first four repeats were about 3 seconds faster than two weeks ago, the 5th 1 second faster, the 6th a fraction slower. My quads were really feeling dead the last two. I'd planned on 8 repeats, but at the end of the 6th I noticed it was 8:30 & I needed to have my car in Evansville for a 10 a.m. oil change appointment. I headed back and ditched the cool down walk, too. My runs to and from the hill were a bit on the pokey side, and my breathing during the repeats was a little ragged. All in all, I thought this was a decent workout, but not great.

Food

Pre-Run: 7:15 a.m. 1/2 banana.

Breakfast: 9:00 a.m. 1/2 banana, 9:30 a.m. green grapes & 1/2 oz almonds.

Morning Snack: 11:20 a.m. nectarine.

Lunch: @parents' - 12:00 p.m. raw broccoli, a smidgen of Ranch, two BBQ fried chicken breast strips, Cheetos, black grapes, 1/3 chocolate-iced long john donut with nuts on top, Diet Coke.

Afternoon Snack: n/a.

Supper: 6:05 a.m. dried apricots, Amy's Lentil Vegetable soup, 6 Triscuits, grape tomatoes.

Evening Snack: 8:35 p.m. 3 Dark Kisses.

Morning Stats

weight: 149.6, 148.8 post-run
bf: 29%
bp: n/a
pulse: n/a
bg: n/a