Run went well today but I'm definitely riding a fine line between recovery and training. Started out rough but about 2 miles in I started feeling pretty good. I realized something, the faster I went the better my leg felt and the better my leg felt the faster I went. There was a point at around 6:15 pace where I started having a cardio breakdown so my comfort pace seemed to be in the 6:40 - 6:20 range. I attribute this to being forced to run at a more natural stride the faster you run. When I run slower I tend to try and compensate for my achy leg but when I start running faster I have no choice but to run more natural. HR is still pretty high compared to pre-injury for the same pace but the weird thing is the effort doesn't seem as hard as when I was in good shape and my HR was at 170. 170 is where I was at like 5:30 pace 6 weeks ago, now it's at 170 at 6:15 but 6:15 doesn't seem as hard as 5:30 did back then so I'm not sure what to make of that. There are definitely other factors in play than just HR when trying to run at a fast pace. | Distance | Time | Avg Pace
| | Avg HR
| Max HR
| | 1 | 7:22 | 7:22 | | 138 | 146 | | 2 | 14:21 | 6:59 | | 151 | 155 | | 3 | 21:05 | 6:44 | | 156 | 159 | | 4 | 27:44 | 6:39 | | 160 | 162 | | 5 | 34:14 | 6:30 | | 164 | 167 | | 6 | 40:40 | 6:26 | | 166 | 168 | | 7 | 47:02 | 6:22 | | 167 | 169 | | 8 | 53:20 | 6:18 | | 168 | 170 | | 9 | 59:28 | 6:08 | | 170 | 173 | Total
| 59:33 | 6:36 | | 159
| 173
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