Ran a mile with the boys earlier in the evening, then ran my standard 4.1 mile out and back course this evening. Wore my HR monitor again, was very happy about my HR tonight. HR stayed below or right around 160 for nearly the entire run, average HR was 160 (4 bpm lower than Tuesday) and even better, my max HR on my run was only 167. Wahoo! Average HR on the first leg was 156, average on the second leg was 161. I am totally excited about this run. Even better: I finally went out (or went online) and bought a TOY! I decided on the Forerunner 205, since I already have a HR monitor and can use it if I want to run by HR instead of pace. For anyone else considering purchasing one right now, Garmin has a $50 mail in rebate until 5/15. I would have gone through the blog store to get mine, but I am a cheapo and look around for the best price, period, which was about $10 less than what Amazon had it listed for. Not a big difference, but that's the way I am. I was even looking around on eBay for a while, but found out that Garmin would not honor the rebate on a device won at an auction. That, plus the price plus shipping was ending up being about the same. As an FYI, Amazon's price right now is right about 192.97, price after rebate is only 142.97, with free shipping. I paid 182.95 for mine with free shipping. Like I said, not a big difference. For a while, I was waffling between the Garmin and Timex bodylink series, but this has so much more to offer, plus a huge screen. Enough about my new toy. I should get it sometime next week. Tomorrow and Saturday may be treadmill days, because it is already 11:25 PM here, and I won't get enough sleep if I get up at 5:00 to run. Lybi is going to meet me at work tomorrow and I will take her and her grandpa to the airport, and then it is just me and the boys all weekend long. | 