Last
Friday I was in Santa Cruz on business and had an opportunity to take in a long
afternoon run. It likely was the last
long training run before my upcoming 6-miler fun run this Sunday, the Wharf to
Wharf 2019.
While
the rest of the country was sizzling and sweating with an unpleasant
combination of record-high temperatures and high humidity, Pierini Fitness was enjoying a meandering
8-mile steady-state run from the west side of Santa Cruz to beach-view running
path along West Cliff Drive. The run was
a loop of four miles out and four miles back with a mid-afternoon temperature
of 64F degrees.
For
the middle-aged man data geeks, my 8-mile run took 1:24:12 to complete which is
a 10:31 mile pace.
According
to my Garmin Forerunner 35, my average heart rate during this run was 139 beats
per minute or approximately 77 percent of my maximum heart rate. My highest heart rate during this run was 149
beats per minute or 83 percent of my maximum heart rate. I burned 1,073 calories during this 84-minute
run and worked up a big sweat and giant appetite.
What
a difference a 25F degree cooler temperature, an ocean breeze and pleasant
scenery makes on my workout heart rate.
Here’s
what my mile split times were:
Afterwards,
I drank lots of water and ate big but, apparently, not enough because the
following day, I woke up hungry as a bear.
So, it was necessary that I front-load my daily food fueling with about
a 1,500 calories early lunch. This tamed
my hunger beast by early Saturday afternoon, and it has been quiet since then. I took the rest of the weekend off so today is
the beginning of one of three remaining running workouts as I taper and tweak
my conditioning for hopefully what will be a fun run and a decent time. My goal is to complete the 6-mile course in
54 minutes or a 9-minute mile pace.
And
this, Pierini Fitness sports fans is
your Monday morning middle-aged man executive briefing of my last long training
run getting ready for Wharf to Wharf 2019.
Pax
Domini sit semper vobiscum
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