W4D3

Last night I finished week 4 which means I’m almost half way through the program! I ran in a different setting as well. Last week I discovered this new part of Santa Rosa and it has this beautiful lake. Around the lake is a 2 mile track but with some side tracks and trails you can stretch it up to 12 miles! Take a look at the Santa Rosa Creek reservoir on google maps. More information at the Sonoma County Regional parks website. Best thing is that it’s only 5 minutes from where I live.

The running session went pretty okay and I thought it was a better run then day 1 and 2. Turns out I was slightly slower. The reason for this is that I’m using a Heart Rate Monitor (HRM) on my runs now. Yesterday I bought a standard HRM at REI which helps me control my pace. I’m reading a lot about target heart rate zone training and during the runs on my C25K program I’m running at a 60-75% of my max heart rate.

RunnersWeb.com has a great Heart rate Training Zone Calculator. Another one can be found on the Polar website. Using the HRM does help me maximizing my workouts without feeling totally exhausted. Give it a try. There are tons of websites dedicated to the Heart Rate Zone Training.

The numbers for W4D3

Distance: 2.39 mi
Duration: 31′’10″″
Pace: 13′00″

Not sure when I will start week 5. we off camping tomorrow (or tonight even) and we won’t be back until Sunday. Maybe if I’m feeling strong enough (there will be some serious hiking this weekend) I’ll start on Sunday night. We’ll see…