I made it out to the track today. I'm relatively pleased with how it went. My lower left back and left adductor made their presence known, but I don't feel like I made them any worse. My right calf was not a problem at all, so that seems to have resolved itself.
Not too cold out there (around 50), but blustery. I did a 3/4 mile warm-up (2:05, 1:50, 1:55), which took my HR up above 150. I stretched some more, did the mile, then did a couple laps warm-down.
My splits:
lap 1: 1:25 (long lap)
lap 2: 1:26
lap 3: 1:29
lap 4: 1:29
HR t+1: 140
HR t+5: 120
max HR: 187
Usually, I have an accurate feel for my lap times, to within a couple of seconds. My first lap today, however, felt like a 1:30. I was not trying to kill it, given my back issue, so I was surprised to see I came in at 1:25. And that included the stub 9 meter piece you have to do when running a mile on a 400m track. I'll give credit to the low HR training for giving me some extra aerobic capacity. The rest of the laps I tried to keep it steady. I was winded at the end, of course, but overall felt pretty good.
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You really like the low HR training. I will have to check it out.
I am not completely convinced that it is the best training method, but it does seem to be helping. And since I have had a lot of nagging injuries, it suits me very well at the moment. I still think I will need to ramp up the high intensity stuff as I get closer to the five minute barrier. But low HR training is definitely worth a try.
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