Another slow 5k for me this morning while I work on running in zones πββοΈ. I entered my own stats into the zone boundaries on my Garmin watch last week and deliberately ran a slow 5k run. My stats showed almost all my running in zone 4 and a little in zone 3 π, rather than the almost entire run showing in red zone 5 as it had on all previous runs π±.
Today I ran comfortably in the warm orange glow of zone 4, but my time in the healthy green of zone 3 increased quite a bit π. It was a slow 5k trail run through the woods, leaping numerous puddles formed from overspilling ditches and running through long stretches of mud (which my new Brooks Cascadias coped with admirably). Though still slow, this was over a minute faster than my previous run, so it was a pleasant surprise to see the green zone register as much as it did.
My VO2 Max is also heading in the right direction and has knocked two years off my age! I have no idea how it works, but as long as it is winding back the clock it can only be a good thing β° π π .
Happy running everyone. πββοΈπ