Quote Originally Posted by alpinerabbit View Post
Are you sure that's right? Is your monitor working right? Don't want to disappoint or worry you, but hat would be about 5K race pace for me and I could not hold that for very long. Mind you I was probably around 150, not the 135 I should have on a long run.
Well I think it is right, as far as I can tell from setting up the HR monitor. I asked DH because he thought I was sustaining high but he thought they measured beats and I am wearing it in the proper place. It is a Polar F6 which got pretty good reviews both here and other places. I actually think the real problem is I am not as in shape as I thought. My HR is high because it is taking a lot more effort for me to jog? I can sustain for a long time in 170-180 but cannot run much faster than this pace which isn't very fast, at least compared to my former days of running 11.25 minute miles is a very slow pace. When I ran often I did a 5k in sub-25 minutes, now the lowest I have gotten is about 33 minutes. My blood pressure and all that other nonsense is alright. I am a little overweight but nothing too overweight, about 20 lbs.

Quote Originally Posted by eclectic View Post
What did you mean by "my half mailing me a training schedule" Who is My half?

AND great job of picking yourself back up after "cracking" . That says alot right there!
The half marathon I am targeting sends you a training plan because they have a coach. You can also email the coach with questions/concerns and she sends tips in addition to your schedule. Honestly I think she sponsors it and maybe it is a way to get some business later? I was going to use the Runner's World you are using until I saw that. So that is the email I was referring to.

It was hard to get back in the game and you know kind of hard to admit I cracked but I knew you would all understand. I threw my hands up in a victory salute when I finished last night.