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On Friday I came home to a big red box from Minnesota. Inside I found these presents from Jenn. Now, Jenn is one of my favorite bloggers. I admire her dedication, her no excuse type attitude, and her honesty. She knows who she is and does not try to be who she is not. She is super smart and a super fast marathoner. And did I mention she is hot, like really hot? She writes a funny blog and you should check it out!
OK...so Jenn hand wrote little funny notes on each of the presents. We always do this in my family, Jenn, how did you know that? I love, love, love the presents, Jenn. Thank you so much! The chocolate is gone (of course), and I wore the shirt today - love it! I've never tried Accelarade or Power gel, but I tried and love Pumpkin spice cliff bars. And the headphones...too funny!And Jill, who organized this gift exchange for over 80 bloggers, double thank you for the best Secret Santa:)
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I tried the heart rate monitor but gave up on it. Not really sure how to use it properly. You got some great stuff from your bloggers!!
Awesome stuff from Jenn. Really cool.
As far as heart rate in the pool, apparently you will always be 10% lower in the water. Something with how the blood circulates I think. Anyway, if you are 150 in the pool, this means 165 on land.
Yay for your bloggy gift! That is an awesome gift! :)
My heart rate monitor went out a long time ago, but thanksgiving wknd, I couldn't resist the 99.00 garmin. So now I am ready to train by heart rate just need someone to teach me. Can u research it and let me know? Or recommend some books. I have found most of the heart rate books are for or by triathletes. Wish I could find a good book that is HRtraining for runners.
My HR goes really high even during my easy runs. It either means that my MaxHR is really high or that those runs are not as easy as I think they are.
Swimming is a non-bearing activity, therefore such a low HR. (I have learn that yesterday:))
Wow, I should have picked Jenn for myself :). Great stuff, and sticky notes on everything is so FUN!! Looks like you DID get a shirt for Christmas this year :).
I am more a natural swimmer than I am a runner, and I can't get my HR up at all. I always feel it's a worthless workout, but I do love how swimming stretches the muscles. Sorry, no help on the HR!
What a great gift from Jenn! She's awesome! Thanks for posting such a good picture of it for us to see. Sorry, I'm no help with the HR question.
HR certainly varies from day to day. That said, be careful about how much running you do w/ HR that high. Or at least make sure you're doing plenty of aerobic training to balance it out... think of it like a bank account... you have to make your deposits (aerobic training) in order to make withdrawls (anaerobic training). Try to make one too many withdrawls and your check will bounce. :)
Cool gifts. I have not read Jenn's blog. She sounds like a busy lady organizing all that!
I know NOTHING about heartrates so will leave the wiser bloggers to comment..
And your present is lovely - how nice this gift exchange is!
You did 13 miles at HR 182 avg.? I bow down before you.
great gift!
Well- I know where to turn when I need a good ego boost!!! You're too kind!!! Glad you got the package!
I have a HRM with my Garmin but I haven't trained with it yet. I was going to try this summer and then I got hurt. I've been reading a lot lately and this heart rate stuff really interests me.
When's the 5K?
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