Running

With my 10k recovery run today, I completed the first week of my 12-week half marathon training plan. I ran for 3 hours and 20 minutes this week with an average heartbeat of 151 bpm, covering 32 kilometers at an average pace of 6:08 per kilometer.

Date	Duration	Average Heartbeat	Distance	Pace	V02Max	HRV	RHR
Week 1	3:19:48	151 bpm	32,63 km	6:08	43,4	54 ms	54 bpm
20250316	59:23	158 bpm	10,2 km	5:49	43,3	62 ms	56 bpm
20250314	29:13	159 bpm	5,55 km	5:16	43,4	56 ms	55 bpm
20250313	49:00	149 bpm	7,63 km	6:26	43,4	53 ms	52 bpm
20250311	30:00	159 bpm	5,00 km	6:00	43,4	56 ms	54 bpm
20250310	32:00	130 bpm	4,25 km	7:33	43,4	44 ms	52 bpm

My run log has more 2025 running stats. My personal best in the half marathon is 1:43:07.

I completed my long run for this weekend, 15 kilometers at a pace of 6:08. The weather is still fantastic here; for the first time in 2025, I could run in shorts outside today.

This morning, I completed my third run of the week and my last run of the month due to our annual skiing holiday starting tomorrow. I was disappointed with myself for not being able to run farther or faster this month than I had to date. Then I thought, why don’t I compare my 2025 January and February running results with last year’s? And so I did.

	Jan ’24	Jan ’25	Feb ’24	Feb ’25
Runs	12	18	4	13
Avg. Pace	6:08	5:52	6:25	6:11
Time	8:09:25	9:43:58	3:55:45	8:26:16

My log showed me that I am progressing and will come out better this winter season than ever before.

I completed a fun 20-minute Fartlek exercise this morning. The run was intense because my digital running coach called out the different paces by surprise and did not share how long the pace should be run. I was exhausted after 20 minutes. I was surprised to see in my data that I increased my max heart rate today with 8 bpm to 196 bpm. My average bpm during this run was 160 bpm.

🔥 5-minute warm-up
👟 20-minute Fartlek exercise
❄️ 5-minute cool-down

https://camiel.schoonens.nl/2025/907/