Morning run | PUM day 8

Hi, welcome back!

My marathons are approaching so I will need to increase my mileage the next two weeks.

In this post I will combine todays running with my participation on the Hive Power Up Month (PUM) challenge.

Running
Yesterday evening I did a tempo run in heavy weather. This morning the sky was clear and decided to work on the efficiency of my heart rather than doing another faster run.

This means that the goal of this run was to keep my heartrate around 138 BPM. The theory behind it is that your heartrate will determine how fast you burn your fuel. While having a high heartrate is not that big of a deal for short distance runners - it is for long distance runners as this effectivly means the higher the heart rate the bigger the chance you hit the wall around 22 miles.

I have been postponing low aerobe training ever since my heartrate was getting strange since my last race. Time to pick it up again :)

Parcour
The route I took today was +/- 60% paved and 40% unpaved - which allowed me to plan my route through a protected area where whole groups of birds gather (which is simply amazing if you go there before sunrise - but with all the holes and water in the route I waited until there was some light).

Shoes
I recon I made a mistake with regards to my shoes. I have 1 month left before the trail marathon but I didn't buy any trail shoes. Which means I do not have sufficient time to break them in well. My shoes have significant milage and are not gortex / waterproof. which means I have to make a plan on this asap. For the city marathon in April I can use my Metaspeed sky paris, but for februari I have to consider buying shoes asap (and risk blisters) or hope the weather is forgiving en take my shoes to the test :)

Power Up Month
In this challenge I power up hive on a daily basis and create a daily hive post.

Progress in January 2025 => sofar 82,8 hive powered up

01-01-2025 = 10 hive powered up
02-01-2025 = 10.1 hive powered up
03-01-2025 = 10.2 hive powered up
04-01-2025 = 10.3 hive powered up
05-01-2025 = 10.4 hive powered up
06-01-2025 = 10.5 hive powered up
07-01-2025 = 10.6 hive powered up
08-01-2025 = 10.7 hive powered up