A bloke walks into a bar with a newt on his shoulder.
'A pint of lager for me and a half for Tiny, please' he says, pointing to the newt.
'Why do you call him Tiny?' asks the barman
'Because he's my newt.'
And that's the snag with all this heartrate-based training; the improvements from day to day are minute...so it's good to look back through the training log to see if things are getting better.
Today I ran just under seven miles cross country at an average HR of 147 for 10:39 min miling; five weeks ago, I ran the easier 6.25 mile version of the same route (it includes a short road section rather than a longer off-road route) at an average HR of 150 for 11:42 min miling.
63 seconds a mile faster for an average HR 3 BPM lower in 5 weeks; I'm pleased to report that training still works.
If you continue to improve at same rate, you should be in world record shape by easter
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