Good Quality, Not Much Quantity

The issue of the time and energy devoted to work taking away from the amount of racewalking I can get in the mornings continues. This time it isnt' so much my job but Rosie's. She has been getting up way too early and coming home very late. It isn't always work that's a distraction--Tuesday we had a DreamWorks Animation night at the Giants/Dodger baseball game.

I did get a good walk in on Tuesday morning:

Start Time:     6:27:50
Total Distance: 5.02 km
Total Workout:  31:15.6
Zone 1 = 00:01:05 very light ( 50-60% HRmax)
Zone 2 = 00:00:56 light      ( 60-70% HRmax)
Zone 3 = 00:08:00 moderate   ( 70-80% HRmax)
Zone 4 = 00:21:14 hard       ( 80-90% HRmax)
Zone 5 = 00:00:00 maximum    (90-100% HRmax)
Average Pace:  6:13 min/km   (10:00 min/mile)
Max Pace:      4:19 min/km   ( 6:56 min/mile)
Best Lap=3 at  6:05.3        ( 9:47 min/mile)
Kilometer ## - Lap Time - Average Heart Rate - Cadence - Stride Length
1 - 6:19.5 134bpm 72 109cm
2 - 6:23.4 152bpm 76 102cm
3 - 6:05.3 159bpm 77 106cm
4 - 6:08.2 158bpm 77 105cm
5 - 6:13.5 168bpm 81  98cm

Almost to that 30 minute 5K. I would have gotten even closer if I would have started timing after warming up instead of including the warmup kilometers. I've got to get used to the idea that I can start when ever I feel ready and walk where ever I want and the Polar RS800sd will keep track of all the statistics. That's quite a freeing sort of feeling.

Bottom line, I'm not getting in all the workouts that I'd like, but the ones that I'm doing are pretty good quality.