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Vskid, I was running 4.4 miles up and down hills at 6,000 feet, but I focused on the first two miles. I stayed down here due to some bad drama and did not run for a few weeks. Somehow, I ran the two miles faster up and down hills at 6,000 feet than I could at 1,200 feet, even when I was able to run at 7am, when the weather was reasonable.
I tend to focus on running the few months before a PT test and then slack off afterward, but before I started at two miles, and increased by a quarter mile a week. Once I run fast enough, I want to run further, but I do not want to slow down very much at any part, because the slower that I jog, the more that my knees hurt.
The other day, I set my alarm for 6am, but could not fall asleep until 3am, so I turned off my alarm and went back to sleep. When I woke up, I thought it was too warm to go running, so I decided to walk. My heart rate hit 76% (141) at 0.8 miles and was at 88% (163) at two miles. I decided to walk two more, and it hit 96% (178) just before I completed the fourth mile.
I walked four miles in about fifty minutes.
As I mentioned, I ran two miles in 17:39 on a treadmill; my heartrate hit 100% (185) at 1.3 miles and was at 101% (187) when I finished. I rode my bike 1.9 miles each way.
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