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wasoxygen  ·  2956 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Running slower to run further and maybe run faster

I was merely running in the rat race: squeezing a first-ever visit to a financial advisor in between the kid's guitar lesson and finishing the #evox cW sent about Debt: The First 5000 Years. I mentioned the idea of debt forgiveness in the Jubiliee year to the banker, and he smiled indulgently.

My best time out of five 5Ks was set last November, and I intentionally did not pay attention to my watch after reading about Kenyan runners who use watches in training but often go by feel in competition. I wonder if I might have pushed a little harder had I seen 11:48 on the clock at the halfway point, but ended up finishing with a negative split in 22:05 and a heart rate at the finish of 193. I am pretty uncomfortable pushing beyond 180.

Resting heart rate is easy to track, and I have seen some reduction, to below 60. Nothing like the Ice Man, Björn Borg, whose heart is said to rouse itself to pump just once every two seconds. WanderingEng, do you have RHR numbers you can share?