39:11

I ran 5 miles this morning at 65-70% and covered the same course I ran last week in 39:56 but this time I ran it in 39:11. Definite improvement!

In the afternoon (it was 8-10 degrees cooler than last week) I ran 7 more miles and felt fairly strong throughout. Last week I was stiff and sore but this time i felt strong.

All in all, a 12 mile day. Whoa! 24 miles this week so far. I am allowing myself to feel better. I hope that makes sense. I am taking Metabol as a recovery drink. It seems to work. I am back to using the HRM almost daily. It tells me to slow down.

The key is to get faster given various terrain and weather conditions but at the same target heart rates.