Glasgow Parkrun #121 - 7/5/11

Time today was a predictably slow 19mins 11secs. The savage virus (heavy cold symptoms) I have suffered these last two weeks took its toll on me big time. My average heart rate was a very high 175bpm and it even varied between 179bpm-183bpm for quite a while. My resting heart rate this morning was a disappointing 44bpm and I knew then that I would be in for a difficult race and it proved indeed to be that way. I can, however, take solace from the fact that I managed to sustain a very high heart rate for 5km - encouraging! My heart rate maximum is 184bpm. The moral of the story - don't race if you have a very heavy cold and especially if you have something even more serious like the flu virus.