I just did a one hour running time trial on the treadmill this morning (it’s getting cold in NJ) and I couldn’t be happier! I have been following the Dr. Maffetone MAF Heart Rate formula (180-age + 5) and have been getting better and better results on a consistent basis.  FYI my MAF is 142.

 When I first started following this program,  I could only maintain about a speed of 5.4 to 5.6 on the treadmill and then my heart rate monitor’s alert would go off indicating that my heart rate was too high. Today I was maintaining speeds between 6.8 and 7.1 for the entire hour at that same heart rate.  So far I have not seen any indication that I will level out anytime soon :-)

 I love the fact that I am not physically working any harder in my running and I am going faster and faster….hint, hint.   All I’m doing is applying the same principals of TI to all the other disciplines.  I am even improving in my kettlebell training with this.

 I look forward to improving and getting faster and having a great Half / IM 70.3 in Puerto Rico!