Recovery day, I considered swimming but the thought of that initial jump into cold water scared me away. I wanted to run really slow so to satisfy my urge to push an up arrow button every mile I pushed the incline button instead of speed. My HR was getting higher than I wanted even with the slow speed so I had to go down in speed every 1% I went up. Mile 1 at 1%, Mile 2 at 2%.....Mile 6 at 6%. Mile 7 and 8 flat. That's 1,100' of elevation if I do my math correctly. 6 miles X 5,280 X 3.5%. Nothing special but I do feel like it gave my legs a break while still getting a cardio workout. | Mile | Time | Mile Split
| Avg HR
| 1 @ 1%
| 8:51 | 8:51 | 135 | 2 @ 2%
| 17:52 | 9:00 | 138 | 3 @ 3%
| 27:06 | 9:13 | 145 | 4 @ 4%
| 36:36 | 9:30 | 150 | 5 @ 5%
| 46:26 | 9:49 | 155 | 6 @ 6%
| 56:26 | 10:00 | 160 | 7 flat
| 1:05:01 | 8:34 | 141 | 8 flat
| 1:13:04 | 8:03 | 147 | | Total | 1:13:04 | 9:07 avg
| 148 |
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