Tuesday, January 1st

“It is distance, not speed, that holds the answers. The reward comes with crossing and confronting the boundaries of fatigue.”

John Bingham, The Courage to

The heading says it. I ran 4 miles in 48:10. I started with a 7 or 8 minute walk. Then I began to run hoping to continue for about half an hour of course I was approaching this as a recovery run after yesterday’s workout. But as time went on I felt better and decided to keep going for 4 miles. In the middle I ran 4 x 100 stride pickups at around 8 minute pace I would say. Each mile was a little quicker with the final mile about 10:30. My body felt pretty drained at the end and I continue to feel fatigued tonight. I weighed myself at the end of the workout with all of my gear on and then after I took everything off. It turned out that I was carrying six and a half pounds of stuff with me on that run. A good evening for college football from the couch.

Stats –

Weight = #153

Sleep = 10 hours
Diet = 10
Indexes = 4
Morning heart rate = 54 beats per minute