Regarding my resting HR, the exact same thing happened this morning:( EXACTLY!

Wondering if I should be cautious and take the higher number 53, or register yesterday and today as 51???????? ARGHHHHHH..... when will my 5 year old sleep until the sun wakes up? LOL Actually she usually does, for some reason she's waking the last 3 mornings:( Wonder if her body is gearing up for daylight savings, which is next weekend???? Oh well.....

Run today went really well. Ran for 3. miles and it took about 31:00. But my HR monitor was really putzing, I think it needs a new transmitter/battery?? We'll see. But the run felt great. Now to get out tomorrow and do it again! Just learned snow is forcasted for tonite thru the nite:( Well, hopefully it won't interfere with my run tomorrow!

Run today went well. Ran 3 miles for the first time and it felt GREAT!!

Mile 1 = 10:23 AVG 137 MAX 155

Mile 2 = 10:15 AVG 141 MAX 148

Mile 3 = 10:26 AVG 144 MAX 149

Strange behavior from my cool gadgets. The polar is acting up, I think it's time to change the batteries, but it worked today for the run thank GOD, because the Nano/Nike+ putzed at about 2.3, it kept shutting off, after the run I realized the battery was low. I listened to phedipidations on the nano last night, bad move. Note to self: Always charge the nano after a run, and listen to podcasts on the ipod video to preserver the battery of the nano specifically for runs!!

New it was too good to be true! Well, Allie woke me at 4:30 a.m. so I got out of bed and in bed with her. Never could fall back to sleep. I was wearing my HRM so at about 5:20 I tried to take it. Pitch black and I couldn't get the light on the watch to stay lit. So, I activated the workout and laid there for 20min, and I would occassionally hit the light so I could see the numbers, and I thought I remember seeing it as low as 51, but when I stopped the HRM, my stats that got stored showed Avg 58 and Max 83, I was getting frustrated that I couldn't get the light to work:(

I know I saw it go as low as 53, but I swear it hit 51 too, but it didn't registered as a low on my HRM:( so I'm going with 53. HRM just gave me the AVG and the MAX:(

Hopefully tomorrow she won't wake me and if I see 51, I'll change today to reflect 51.

But for now, todays resting HR = 53

Ok, two for two. Got up with about 10min to spare before my 5 year old came pouncing in. LOL Strapped on the HRM, and relaxed for about 10min. Lowest I saw was 53.

So, Resting HR for today = 53

Temp right now is 34 degrees. Plan is to drop kids at school and get right out there and do my run!!

Well, stuck to the plan and got right out there today:)

took till about a mile and a half for my hands to stop freezing, and I was wearing gloves. I didn't think it was that cold, but there was no sun, just gray and cloudy:(

Duration = 2.7

Time = 28 minutes

Pace = 10:19

calories = 150

Did what Allen suggested, drove the car up the hill. My HRM didn't go crazy this time at that point, but did spike for about 2 seconds on my run at the other hill to 169. It went right down and I didn't have to walk:( Just slowed my pace.

Splits were as follows:

mile 1 = 10:36 AVG HR 130 Max HR 169 (darn hill)

mile 2 = 10:38 AVG HR 137 AVG MAX 144

.7 = 6:46 AVG HR 138 AVG MAX 144

Stayed under my 140/70% HR for 23:16

Went above my 140/70% HR for only 4:45 (but most of that was at 141 or 142)

Overall, felt good.

Fianally took my resting heart rate. I actually woke up before my kids came pouncing in:)

Kept the monitor on for about 10 minutes and the lowest I saw it was 53.

I found my old RHR info from back in 2005.

7/22 - fri - 52

7/23 - sat 49

7/24 - sun 54

7/25 - mon 51

7/26 - tues 51

I think what I did was, I added all these up and divided by the number of days to come up with my resting HR. 257 divided by 5 days = 51.4 and rounded up and used 52

Will try to take it again tomorrow. No run today, but will get on the elliptical.

Ok, after taking 3 days off, it felt great to be out on the road again. Just a gorgeous day. 40 degrees.

Run felt great. I ran for 2.6, for 28 min. 10:26 pace 143 calories

Stayed under my 70% HR for 26:44

Went above my 70% HR for only 1:16

Yeah, felt good, and was very good about staying under 70%:)

For some reason at the beginning of my run, at the same exact spot as last time, my HRM spiked up to 172. No way was I running fast enough for it to spike, so I don't know if there is an electrical wire (I don't see one), a microwave, or a motorcycle or car engine????? Really pisses me off, but it seems to happen every run at that spot. Unfortuneately, I can't change my route just yet:( Soon though!!

So, here are my splits:

1st mile - 10:55 AVG HR 124 Max HR 172

2nd mile - 10:16 AVG HR 136 Max HR 143

.6 - 6:48 AVG HR 134 Max HR 144

Overall, felt really good. I really felt like I could have gone further, but don't want to push it. But staying at 70% is definitely very comfortable now. Which means, my numbers are probably not quite right. I will work on getting my resting HR in the mornings this week, and then getting my max HR at the 4M race on March 9th. Then my numbers should be a little more accurate.

But, eventhough they may not be quite right, I think they are on the low side, so it's still benefiting my workouts.

Well, today should have been race day. Wow, we definitely made the right decision not to go in. Outside is a huge sheet of ice. Looks like a big skating rink. Hope everyone is staying home today where it is safe.

If this ice melts, I will try to get outside for a training run, but so far no sign of any sun and the weather is 26 degrees, and they are still forecasting mix of rain and snow all morning:(

Didn't really melt. Decided to just take day off and enjoy allie's bday celebration!

Next race two weeks from today.

update: right from the NYRR website:

Note: Due to unsafe road conditions resulting from inclement weather, the NYRR Al Gordon Snowflake 4-Mile has been designated a fun run. Men and women will start together at 9:30 a.m.; there will not be a separate men's start at 8:00 a.m. The race will not be scored and will not be a points race for NYRR team competition. Registered entrants will receive credit for one of the nine races that are part of the eligibility requirements for guaranteed entry to the ING New York City Marathon 2009. Registration is open at NYRR at 9 East 89th Street until 7:00 p.m. Friday and 7:30-9:15 a.m. Saturday.

Well, seeing as it is still snowing, and is expected to snow thru the nite, we are taking the free bee:) and giving myself a little more time to train before the next race on March 9th. Knowing me, I'll probably run an additional race to make up for this 'free bee'. LOL Also, my achiness has greatly subsided, so two more weeks of training before my 'official' first race sounds good to me:)

A little disappointing, but I think I'd rather play it safe and be home, and enjoy my daughters 5th birthday party celebration. My luck I'd go in for the fun run and slip and fall on ice:(

So, one race down, 8 (9) more to go!!!