Up and at 'em

I did two tough things in the last 24 hours.

The first was to leave the Yankees/Sox opener in the third last night to get on my bike (basement, no cable). I am in no way a big Yankees fan--though I did get to see NYY/Boston game at Yankee Stadium in 2004. So it was really about seeing Boston lose. I am currently in a "anyone but Boston" phase after the Cardinal sweep last year. Enough already.

The second was to run 14 this morning before work. To do this I had to get up at 5 my nighstand clock time which is 3 (am) Arizona time. I tried to get back on track with my HRM, so all of this was at 140 bpm. That heart rate kept me pretty consistent for 9 miles and then it drifted off. I think this is an improvement over a few weeks ago where the drift happened sooner. Certainly the pace that I can run at 140 is improving.

1st 3 == 30:47
2nd 3 == 31:09
3rd 3 == 31:45
4th 3 == 33:17
last two == 22:06
total == 2:29

For the week, I did 43 miles (running + bike converted miles). I should be doing my first 2400m tests in two to three weeks.