Tue 31 Jan 2006 - Early Morning Run

Date/Time of Run	Tuesday 31 Jan 2006, 4.46 am.
Location	Werribee (Derrimut, Heaths, Morris, Hogans, Derrimut)
Distance	8.04 km
Time	41:32
Pace	5:09 /km
Heart Rate Max/Avg	140 / 126
Weather	16.2 deg Celsius, 3/8 cloud, Wind SE 9/15 kts. RH 64%. QNH 1012.
More data	Motionbased
Exercises	100 Sit-ups after run
Equipment	Garmin Forerunner 301
Weight	76.3 kg

Stats as of 31 Jan 2006	km’s
Prev 7 Days	66.3
Prev 28 Days	278.5
Jan 2006	311.4
YTD	311.4
Month Average 2006	311.4
Weekly Average 2006	51.9
Total (2001 – to date)	8052.5

This was my first early morning run, before work, for ages, probably close to a year. The alarm was set for 4.30 am and 16 minutes later I started the stop-watch on the Garmin. It seemed to take forever to get out of the house. Maybe it’s because I was trying to be quiet but not really doing a very good job of it.

I would have preferred to run a little further than 8 k’s but I was time restricted, there is a train to catch at 6.50 am and I definitely must have breakfast before leaving.

I recall from my previous early morning runs, it’s very hard for me to get a decent pace going and hence my heart rate is on the low side (graphs clearly indicate this) It wasn’t until about the 6 km mark that I started feeling stronger and then wished if only I could have run further.

Overall though I’m relatively happy with the run, nothing came out of left-field and I ran it fairly easily. The most difficult part is actually getting up, once up I was raring to go.

The back pain I was experiencing late last week has gone. I’ve now incorporated back stretching routines.

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