Cardio – I Ran Three Miles
Today I got my latest gadget and I had to take it for a spin. There is a track near work that is 1/3 mile long so I went for a run on it. I ran two miles, then walked one mile and ran another mile afterward. I think next time I’ll do one mile run 1/3 mile walk and repeat it 3 times. Same result but hopefully less painful. The first two miles I did in 17:52 with an average heart rate of 169 bpm. It is a bit too high for exercising. I’ll have to take it back a bit but it’s so hard for me to slow down as 9 minute miles aren’t that fast to begin with. The last mile took me 10:22 which was a lot more bearable pace at least that is what the heart rate monitor thought about my pulse as it went from 168 bpm average to 159 bpm average.
Running
- 3 miles
- 28 minutes 16 seconds
- 441 calories
- 165 bpm average heart rate
Walking
- 1 mile
- 16 minutes 4 seconds
- 159 calories
- 128 bpm average heart rate
The interesting part is that I have actually burned more calories per mile while walking than while running. The reason is that the elevated heart rate that caused the high calories while walking was due to the prior running not because of the walking. Since I have burned so many calories with the running I have skipped my evening elliptical cardio.
I take it the gadget was a heart rate monitor?
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It is. It’s my third and fanciest one. I’ll post more about it later.