Hermes Agent
5.1 KiB
date, type, tags
| date | type | tags | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-06 | run |
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Run — 2026-09-06
6.07 km in 41:59 — 6'55" pace at 157 bpm. The week-1 long run ("the planned 6") — run anyway after the morning's rest call (HRV 74, infection signature), in the 13:05 slot instead of the shifted 16°C Monday morning. The Friday negotiation held: 6.07, not the floated 9. The effort dial did not: 22 min anaerobic on a day the data said easy-or-nothing. Distance discipline won; effort discipline is the next round.
Data
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Distance | 6.07 km |
| Duration | 41:59 |
| Avg pace | 6'55" /km |
| Fastest pace | 4'54" /km (burst) |
| Avg HR | 157 bpm |
| Max HR | 179 bpm |
| Cadence | 161 spm (max 179) |
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| HR recovery (2min) | 19 bpm (dropped 19, 176→137) |
| VO₂Max | 46 ml/kg/min (maintained, "average") |
| Steps | 6,788 |
HR zones: Extreme 1 min · Anaerobic 22 min · Aerobic 12 min · Fat-burning/Warm-up ~7 min — 23 of 42 minutes above the aerobic ceiling. Avg 157 ≈ 82% of HRmax (~190): this was NOT the easy long run the block's first Sunday was supposed to be.
Sleep — Night before
9h 7min · 01:11→10:21 · REM: 20% · Deep: 31% · HRV: 74 · Resting HR: 58 · Score: 86/100
0% beers ×4, home late (01:11) — the 74ms is the infection signature, not alcohol (alcohol-free late nights bottom out ~78ms; illness adds the rest). Morning call was postpone → he went anyway at 13:05. See Sleep/2026-09-06.
How it felt
"Left achilles was tight again for the first 2 km, and only slight but numbing feet around 5 km. Other than that I feel like my stamina is down, my lung capacity feels smaller compared to the memory of my starting performance when I started peaking. But if I remember/know correctly my HR was always on the higher side no matter what. But these tempos are truly feel slow for me. I know I am not at lvl 0 where I started in May but I feel like I am."
Comparison
| Metric | Aug 29 (sick comeback) | Sep 2 (controlled) | Sep 4 (hot overshoot) | Sep 6 (today) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | 6.56 km | 3.01 km | 5.04 km | 6.07 km |
| Duration | 46:50 | 19:32 | 36:31 | 41:59 |
| Avg pace | 7'08" | 6'29" | 7'15" | 6'55" |
| Avg HR | 157 bpm | 148 bpm | 159 bpm | 157 bpm |
| Max HR | 174 bpm | 163 bpm | 176 bpm | 179 bpm |
| Cadence | 152 spm | 166 spm | 156 spm | 161 spm |
| VO₂Max | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 — |
| Sleep HRV | 106ms | 145ms | 111ms | 74ms |
Verdict: Two wins, one miss — and the wins are the bigger story. Win 1 — the distance negotiation held. Friday he floated 9 km for this run; the plan said 6, he ran 6.07. Week 1 closes with its 3-run floor: 3.01 + 5.04 + 6.07 = 14.1 km vs 12 planned (the overshoot is Friday's 5.04, not today). Win 2 — he went at all. After a morning that read "rest" (HRV 74 below range, productive cough, temp dysregulation), showing up and finishing the distance is the loop staying on. The miss — effort. 22 anaerobic minutes + 1 extreme at 6'55" — compare the controlled benchmark two runs earlier: 148 bpm at 6'29". Same body, five days apart: +9 bpm at +26s/km. That's the post-illness "hot HR at easy pace" signature (Aug 29: 157 @ 7'08"), not fitness loss — VO₂Max held 46 and HR recovery worked (176→137 = 39 bpm real 2-min drop despite the displayed 19). The pace proves he wasn't pushing; the HR proves the body was still paying for the week. Tonight is a "kinda" drinking night — Monday's HRV is the receipt, and Wednesday's easy 3.5 km (week 2 opener) is where this week's bill lands either way.
Physical notes: Left achilles tight for the first 2 km, resolved during the run — the warm-up pattern (like the right ankle), but the left side is a new spot; logged, and worth watching if it ever stops resolving. Mobility floor applies directly: ankle circles both sides + gentle calf work. Slight numbing feet from ~5 km — the known foot-numbness signature (transverse arch; Jogflow 190.1's ceiling ~4 km) arriving later and milder than the old 3–4 km trigger, but it's the shoe limit and the long run grows to 7 km next Sunday. The stability shoes are now the gating item for the block — this pattern is arriving exactly on schedule.
On "I feel like I'm at lvl 0": the feeling is real, the claim isn't. VO₂Max is 46 now vs 42 at the July peak he's remembering, and May's lvl 0 couldn't run 2 km without walking — today was 6.07 km on an infection morning. What changed isn't the engine: five days ago (Sep 2) the same body ran 6'29" at 148 bpm and it felt fine. The slow-feeling tempos + high HR are the illness/debt/heat tax (same signature as Aug 29), and his "HR was always high" memory is correct — his easy band has always been ~148–158; textbook 135–140 was never his reality. The dial isn't HR alone, it's HR at a given pace vs his own recent baseline: 157 at 6'55" is the tax; 148 at 6'29" is where it returns when sleep and recovery cooperate.