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Vsrst
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Hi, I've been lightly jogging off-and-on for years, but for a year now I've started "running". Its
been hard. I'm in my mid 50's and do close to 30 miles a week only. I recently got a heart rate
monitor to help keep my interest going. Once I settled on what I believed could reasonably be my Max
HR, I used the monitor to control my long run pace. Ten miles is a long run for me. Before the
monitor I think I was trying to run it to fast. This time it was still very hard but I finished
feeling a little better. Not so battered. I've been using the monitor also to control shorter but
quicker runs. Its been fun. Anyway, although it seems I've been training just to train, I eventually
want to try a 5K and 10K. I'd like to use the monitor during the race to guide my pace, from
beginning to end. Have any of you owners done this? How did you go about it? Thanks. Vern
been hard. I'm in my mid 50's and do close to 30 miles a week only. I recently got a heart rate
monitor to help keep my interest going. Once I settled on what I believed could reasonably be my Max
HR, I used the monitor to control my long run pace. Ten miles is a long run for me. Before the
monitor I think I was trying to run it to fast. This time it was still very hard but I finished
feeling a little better. Not so battered. I've been using the monitor also to control shorter but
quicker runs. Its been fun. Anyway, although it seems I've been training just to train, I eventually
want to try a 5K and 10K. I'd like to use the monitor during the race to guide my pace, from
beginning to end. Have any of you owners done this? How did you go about it? Thanks. Vern