2008 Resolutions

Well, today is a new year, and I have started it off right. Today I wanted to find out my max heart rate. I started at a 15 minute mile on a tread mill and slowly increased the speed every 30 seconds. I worked all the way up to an 8 minute mile. The max that I got my heart rate up to was 193. In future posts I will try and include my max heart rate for that work out, Distance, Ave Pace, and Ave Heart Rate.

Max heart rate: 193 (100%)
Distance: 1.81
Ave Pace: 10:30 /mile
Ave Heart Rate: 159 (82%)

Now I have a good benchmark to know where my aerobic zones are. My goals this year are:

1. Prepare to run 4 hour marathon in 2009 (preferably sub 4 hour)
2. Lose 40 pounds. Dad doesn't believe that I can so I am including the graph in the side bar to mark my progress.

That is it. Running and portion control is my biggest goal for this.