Running, strapped.

Saturday RUN 6.3 miles in 57 mins. Ave HR 151
       BIKE 6.8 miles TGP loop and two errands
Sunday RUN 10 miles in 1:44, ave HR 131, to work and back.

Saturday I started out at work then did the FoPa loop ahead of the Frontrunner's meeting. I haven't mentioned this yet but I did find my old Garmin HR strap and put a new battery in. Happily it works! So this is my first run with the new Garmin being tested with a strap for HR.

Started out and I thought the strap would override the optical. Nope, or at least I don't think so. I got buzzed for high HR. Turn off optical. Reset. Go. More buzz. Stop. Turn off alarm. Reset. Go. Ugh.

Once that was all out of the way I just tried to forget about it and run. I realized that my shiny new toy was taking some of the fun away from running, but that's only because I'm letting it do that.

The run felt forced I don't know that I ever really settled in? My mind was on the upcoming meeting, but my goal was to be Mindful of Training (one of my new Mindful March goals) so it was a 'wander away, reel it in' exercise too.

My left hip still hurting, I'm stretching and foam rolling and wondering what to do. The afternoon bike ride was 'just because'. Too nice outside, had stress to alleviate, and so I did a TGP loop before a stop at library and Jay.

Sunday I opted to run to work, even though I had doubts about the hip. The run felt great! Kept it easy, better focus than yesterday, and less forced. And to my surprise, the rest of the day (and still into Monday as I type) my hip feels better?! Huh!?

Numerics - haven't done these in a while!
SWIM 3500y
BIKE (all commute) 63.4 miles
RUN 28.6 miles -- last few weeks all 22 and under.