First post.

So this is my first post. As the description says, I will posting about what kinds of training I will be doing, how long, what intensity, and so forth, and the performance its gained me or hasn't gained me. My athletic performance is, in my mind, an experiment. My body is an experiment. So I will be taking you on a journey into (hopefully) my athletic performance.  With that being said, today I ran 5.4 miles in 1:02:36 while keeping my average heart rate at 160 bpm. This is significant for me because I am in my base training season. This was probably the lowest ave. HR for running that I've had. This loop that I ran has a significant hill near the start that always spikes my HR. After the hill there is a little flat then a long gentle down hill until it levels out again. For cycling, during base training I am trying to keep my HR below 145 bpm. I've done 3 rides so far like this and I am getting better at keeping my heart rate up near the threshold yet stay below. This is also significant for me because I have never really trained with that low of a heart rate. My experiment this year is the base training. In future posts I will post my race times from previous seasons, as well as training times, and ave speeds, and other stats. This is also my first blog, so actually creating and maintaining the blog will be a learning process also. Until next time good luck to you all.