Putting In Some Running Time, And Not Worrying About The Rest

ByTim Nolte April 24, 2021April 24, 2021

Instead of the tempo run that I was supposed to run I decided to just run for 50 minutes. My goal was simply to run for that amount of time and not worry about how far or how fast I was going. #RunToRun #5K #training

I’m not sure if I feel better about running just running with only a goal of his long. My overall pace average was slower than my last 50 minute run, and my average heart rate was way too high. I know that I need to work on some eating changes as well as increasing the number of times I run per week. Time will tell what this year’s running will look like.

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