Before I rolled my ankle. I was following a running program called Heart-Rate Running. This is also known as Zone 2 training. Based on the Zoladaz system with a max heart rate of 180 my heart rate at zone 2 is 135-145bpm (beats per minute). Here is the link to find out your heart rate zones http://www.best-running-tips.com/heart-rate-monitor-training-zoladz-calculator.html . Zone 2 give your body a better chance to heal and recover (at my age I need all the help I can get). It also allows you to build your Heart muscle and allow it to operate more efficiently. So as you train you will be able to run faster longer. Which if your planning on doing a run longer than a 10k then this plan just might be what your looking for in a running training plan.
As I am preparing to return to running I was thinking about my Zone 2 running plan. It made me wonder what is my Spiritual Heart rate. If my heart-rate is to high I might just burn out. If my heart-rate is to low I just might not be doing enough. I would love for my Heart-rate to be in zone 2. Then I know I will be in it for the long haul. You see allot of times we either fall into one of these 2 categories. To much to fast for so long and we fade away. We get tired and then we get board and then we just want to take a break, but the break becomes a vacation to a permanent vacation. While on the other side we go so slow and we do just enough that we boarder on being a Christian Atheist. I've talked about this before. A Christian Atheist is someone who know and believes there is a God but lives as if he does not exist. I want my Christian walk to be a gentle run and as I progress. My heart-rate would decrease so I could run faster to make my heart-rate climb, so I can do this all over again. The Christian walk is a marathon not a sprint. So we should live out lives like we are training for a marathon.
So let me be reminded of what Paul said in Philippians 4:6-7 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto God. (7) and the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your heart and minds through Christ Jesus. So as I continue in my journey in life. I must always protect and build my heart for God. By Staring at Lines.
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