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Heart Rate and Heal Strikes

October 21, 2013 6 Comments

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In case you missed it, I actually blogged on Saturday about E’s birthday.  We had an amazing day!  See the post.

What a great week of half marathon training.  Oh yeah, did I tell you I’m running the Rock ‘n’ Roll St. Louis Half Marathon on Sunday?  I’ve been pretty quiet about it because my training has been sub-par at best until last week.

I increased my mileage to 20 miles this week and finished an 8 mile run today.  I’ve been paying attention to my form and my heart this week and it proved to be very frustrating at times.

I realized that I’m a total heal striker and I think it’s slowing me down.  So I tried some of the techniques I’ve read about it made my heart rate shoot up.  It definitely wasn’t sustainable for any length of time.

That was Friday and I finished my run feeling a little defeated and nervous.  After taking yesterday off and spending sometime at the gym, I knew I had to get one more long run in before next weekend.

So I set out today with the goal of controlling my heart rate and if that meant heal striking then so be it.  I took off for my 8 mile run fully expecting and accepting that my run would be very slow but sustainable.

First two miles I was able to keep my heart rate around 165 and I felt fabulous.  Mile 3 and 4 I was trying to not let it go above 170 and succeeded.  Mile 5 and 6 was the same…no higher than 170 or so.  By mile 7 and 8 depending on how I felt, I would let it rise just a little more but I ended up keep it pretty consistent around 175.

I have never watched my heart rate so closely when I run but I’m now a believer.  I finished the 8 miles feeling like I could have gone longer and I had an extremely consistent pace.  It wasn’t the fastest but it didn’t matter.

 

I feel like I’m going into Rock ‘n’ Roll with a plan now and I couldn’t be more excited to try it out and what better way to have a race day experience than as a VIP.  Just think…parking, bathrooms and dedicated bag check!  What could be better?

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  1. Angela @ Happy Fit Mama says

    October 21, 2013 at 9:05 am

    Nice job Katie! My biggest challenge when I run is the mental part way more than the physical. My mind will sabotage a run before my body gives out. I’m working on it!

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  2. MIZ says

    October 21, 2013 at 12:19 pm

    YOUR PLAN MADE ME SMILE.

    GO KATIE GO!!!

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  3. misszippy says

    October 21, 2013 at 3:05 pm

    So when it comes to HR–170 is still really high, kind of a gray zone. If you have the patience, take it down another 15 beats to get truly aerobic. Give it a few months and you’ll see amazing results. As to heel striking–if you aren’t injured and don’t have a history of injury, no need to change!

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  4. Krysten says

    October 21, 2013 at 3:06 pm

    You can do it!!! I think I am a bit of a heel striker as well, but so far it hasn’t caused me any trouble, so I figured I will leave it alone.

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  5. Samantha Ciaccio says

    October 22, 2013 at 3:19 am

    My biggest obstacle when I run is my shin splints. Some days are better than others. This morning, it was the cold. Bah!

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  6. Tara Newman says

    October 23, 2013 at 10:28 am

    Good Luck this weekend Katie! My biggest challenge running is definitely my heart rate. And just started using Heart Rate Variability which is proving interesting! I start half marathon training next week. My first attempt!

    Reply

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