First of all, today was SUPER muggy. I ran at (of course) the peak part of the temperature curve at a nice 94 degrees, with a fair amount of humidity. It didn't help that I was nearly run over while running in a cross walk in a parking lot. Some jack ass decided that he was cool with running people over so he came barreling into the Safeway parking lot almost right through me. Luckily his mirror and rear tires remained a good 3 inches from me and my lead foot.
I followed this punk to his parking spot to see what his deal was and it turned out "He didn't see me." Didn't see the bright white dude running nearly in front of him? My guess is this jerk-off does not pass the vision test for his driver's license next time around.
This is the first time I've looked at my HRM data to see the effects of emotion on my workout. It should be no surprise that this incident was the peak of my run (despite being only 1/3 of the way into the run) at 180bpm. There are a couple smaller peaks near 171 cresting a few hills near the end of the run. On top of that, that period after the incident is somewhat erratic.
Perhaps this guy had something on his mind distracting him from the task at hand, but this is not the first time I've dealt with drivers who didn't care about nearby pedestrians. As long as I have to run on road, there's always that slim chance that some absent minded, or malicious fool is going to plow me over... That's part of the risk of running outdoors.
Despite the heat and shenanigans, I had another spirited run, negative splitting the last several miles.
| distance | time | Pace | HR Avg. | HR Max |
8.08 | 1:03:20 | 7:50 | 153 | 180 |
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