Run 1:14:11 [3] 8.7 mi (8:32 / mi)
ahr:164
Warm-up - 10:01 (1 mile) AHR 142
Speed - 1:00:17 AHR 173 7.3 miles Avg Pace - 8:16
Cool down - 3:53
Well, I fully cut out all gluten starting on 9/9 and haven't had any candy or junk since then with the exception of last Friday when I had some chips and a few drinks. The plan was to see if I felt and ran better by keeping the diet clean. Answer so far is yes. Today was good. It was hard, but I was going fast and feeling strong. Granted, I started out the speed section a bit faster than I finished it (<8/mile the first 3 miles) but overall quite happy with this one. Varied the fast/faster sections between 1-2 minutes each running a little longer on the fast recovery sections than the Z5 stuff. HR drifted a bit on this - started out on lower end of expected range, but then after a mile or two was staying in the 170s.