Fat Kid’s Ironman Fitness Blog

Post by:Brad Hefta-Gaub

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 at 3:00 pm  |  4 Comments »

 

4 Mile Tempo Run

Went for a tempo run… got one fast mile in, and then I felt like I couldn’t continue… ran to the turn around, then about half way through the 3rd mile, I got a rabbit to chase. Last mile I had a new very fast rabbit to play chase with, and clocked my fastest mile in a long time.

Splits:

  • 7:33 - 146 avg
  • 8:41 - 146 avg (almost wanted to give up)
  • 8:14 - 149 avg (found a rabbit to chase, and got my second wind)
  • 6:51 - 169 avg (found a new rabbit to chase, pass, and get chased by, eventually he blew up which gave me more confidence to run harder. First sub-7 mile in a LOOOOONG time.)

In Zone: 16:20
Above Zone: 14:08
Below Zone: 00:55

Workout:

  • Type: Run
  • Date: 08/26/2008
  • Time: 15:00:00
  • Total Time: 00:31:23.80
  • Average Heart rate: 152
  • Max Heart rate: 179
  • Distance: 4 miles
  • Average Pace: 7:51.2/mile

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4 Comments: :

4 Mile Tempo Run

August 28th, 2008 6:39 am

jayeli says:

Brad, thanks! It felt like a good one. James

August 28th, 2008 6:54 am

makelly says:

Thanks for the welcome and the congrats!

Next on the agenda for me are a couple of half marathons in October, the Nike Women’s Half and a Houston Half, an ultramarathon in December and then the Houston marathon in January.

How about you, are you gearing up for a third Ironman? I have massive respect for anyone that can do an Ironman. The thought of swimming, riding and then doing a marathon just blows my mind. I’m hoping to just do a sprint tri in the spring. What made you decide to get into triathlons?

August 28th, 2008 10:08 am

greenking17 says:

Hey, nice job on not giving up! I love chasing rabbits, makes it al much easier, unless they are real fast (or too slow).

i am going to build a fixie this fall with an old frame of mine from when i was a kid (87 Schwinn World Sport) could you guide me through such a project?

GK17 (aka Sean)

August 29th, 2008 7:06 pm

clickart says:

Thanks for the welcome. I read through your blog and its really a good source of inspiration.

Activities: Year to Date

Distances
Bike: 76 miles
Run : 24 miles
Hours of Activity
 Bike: 5.5 - 57.1%
 Run : 3.5 - 36.8%
 Flex: 0.6 - 6.1%
  Total:9.6