Shiv19

Gear: ASICS Gel-Kayano Lite 2
For the first 45 minutes, I tried my best to keep my HR between Z2 and Z3.
It was getting ridiculous and way too easy, even when I ran at 7:30/km pace the HR monitor was hitting Z5.
I took off my watch and poured water over the HR sensor. It was recording better after that. 🤦‍♂️

I've decided that until I get my chest strap HR monitor I'm going to ignore zone training. It is just not very reliable. (I've ordered a HRM Pro from garmin). Will be finding out my LTHR and my correct HR zones soon.

I also just realized that my garmin HR zones are different than the one that strava shows. I'll change my garmin zones to match strava for now.

Gear: ASICS Gel-Kayano Lite 2

Gear: ASICS Gel-Kayano Lite 2
Damn, I thought this would be my first sub 2hr half marathon. Didn't see the distance before stopping the activity 🤦‍♂️
Ran another 1k after this separately.

Realized that this was only short of 190 meters to a half marathon.
Which means I just have to add 1 minute 1 second to this run based on my 1k run after this.

So that brings it to 1:57:20! 😍😍
This is my first sub 2hr half marathon.
Feeling fantastic! 😃

Which means I already ran a sub 2hr half marathon!

I used 2 energy gels in this run, and 500 ml of water.

First energy gel at 40min mark, 2nd at 1hr 30min mark.

No energy gel before the run.

Looking back, I feel there were definitely sections where I could have avoided the walking breaks,

I was following the pace pro strategy on this course, I was more than 1 minute ahead of time.
Just did not know that it would end up showing 20.09 as the distance.
The course distance is 21.09.

Gear: ASICS Gel-Kayano Lite 2
This was supposed to be a 40 min easy run in Z2. But at 37min when the podcast I was listening to ended, I said, "Ok google play queen on Spotify", it started off with Bohemian Rhapsody. I went like, now I can't stop for another 6 minutes.
Before I knew, that 6 minutes turned into another 40 minutes.
I did not use energy gel for this run,
But I guess some music can give you the same type of energy that an energy gel can 🤫 😂

Also, I didn't pay much attention to my watch today, instead I ran at what pace felt easy for me for certain sections of the run so the heart rate zones are a bit all over the pace.

Gear: ASICS Gel-Kayano Lite 2
Warm Up
6 sets of 1.6km rep at Speed Pace 5:24 to 5:34 /km
3 minute rec jog at 6:53 to 7:26 /km between each rep
Cooldown

Used the Mango juice flavored energy gel by Pure 5 minutes before the run.
Consumed 500ml water during the run.
Took a few walk breaks to lower my heart rate.

Overall, it was a good run.

Gear: ASICS Gel-Kayano Lite 2
This will be the 2nd recovery week in the training.

Ran the last 20 minutes at a faster pace.

I used an energy gel for the first time in this run.
It was the Orange juice flavored energy gel by Pure.

Had the gel 5 minutes before the run, with 300ml of water.

During the run I had 500ml of water which had a tea spoon of pink himalayan salt mixed in it.

This energy gel was a pass ✅ had no funny side effects.
I'll be trying out other flavors of energy gels in my upcoming runs.
All the energy gels that I've purchased are caffeine free.

Gear: ASICS Gel-Kayano Lite 2

Gear: ASICS Gel-Kayano Lite 2
Between 5:30 to 7:00/km for the majority of the run.
Faster than race pace for the last 20 minutes.

And hey, I hit a new PB for a half marathon on this run! 😃

Aids used: 1 bottle of 750ml powerade zero. Took 3 drink breaks.

Gear: Vivobarefoot Primus lite 2
Used the barefoot shoes for this run

Gear: ASICS Gel-Kayano Lite 2
4 laps of 3.2km at 5:00 to 5:30/km pace
With 4 minute recovery run between each lap at 6:00 to 6:30/km pace.