I was on a running discussion forum yesterday, asking about indoor vs outdoor running, and why my times might be steadier outdoors. There was agreement that the cooling effect of wind could help keep the HR down. I also got a recommendation to run closer to my average pace at the beginning (i.e., slower), and that might help my pace in the later miles. So I tried that today, keeping my pace above 8:30 the whole time. My fifth mile was in 9:12, which is definitely one of the fastest fifth miles I've run under the low HR plan. I'll have to try it a few more times to see if it is more than just my having a good Sunday run.
My splits:
mile 1: 8:37
mile 2: 8:34
mile 3: 8:35
mile 4: 8:59
mile 5: 9:12
HR t+1: 125
HR t+5: 97
For those interested in the low HR chat forum it's here:
http://www.coolrunning.com/forums/Forum6/HTML/022020-25.shtml
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