140 to 150

Now that I know my max heart rate is a little over 200 bpm, I said goodbye to 140 beats per minute and hello to 150 (75% of 200). It will take some getting used to though. This morning, I found my self swinging pretty much between 140 and 160 the whole time. My HRM is the absolute base model so it doesn't beep or anything when I go out of range. I am sure I will settle in soon enough.

Just to make sure that everyone knows what all of this jibberish is about, let me recap. I want to get up to 50 miles running a week at about 75% of my max heartrate. Once there, I will have the base to begin more targeted workouts to build speed. The only complication is that I am doing a lot of biking too. So my unscientific solution is to divide total hours biking by two each week and then divide that by my average minute per mile pace. That number is what I am calling a running equivalent. This week will be around 44 miles and next should come in at 50.

This AM 6 miles running.