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---
date: 2026-09-09
type: run
tags: [run, late-morning, week2]
---
# Run — 2026-09-09
**3.24 km in 19:21 — 5'58" pace at 157 bpm. Week-2 opener, ~11:30 start. Yesterday's "didn't go" (Tuesday — never a scheduled day, but it counted for him) got answered today: the opener happened, floor intact. Distance came in at 3.24 vs the 3.5 planned — close enough to call it a hit. The pace is the sharpest of the block (5'58" avg, 31 s/km faster than the Sep 2 controlled benchmark) and HR ran at the top of his real easy band again — 11 of 19 minutes above the aerobic ceiling. Unlike Sep 6 this isn't illness tax: the sleep base under it (HRV 127, score 88) was genuinely clean. This was pace choice on recovered legs — and the first run inside the smoking-craving peak window (Sep 913), where runs are the tool.**
## Data
| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Distance | 3.24 km |
| Duration | 19:21 |
| Avg pace | 5'58" /km |
| Fastest pace | 5'30" /km (km 3) |
| Avg HR | 157 bpm |
| Max HR | 180 bpm |
| Cadence | 168 spm (max 186) |
| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| HR recovery (2min) | 21 bpm (171→129) |
| VO₂Max | 46 ml/kg/min (maintained, "average") |
| Steps | 3,254 |
**HR zones:** Extreme 1 min · Anaerobic **10 min** · Aerobic 6 min · Fat-burning 1 min · Warm-up <1 min — 11 of 19 minutes above the ~152 bpm aerobic ceiling. Avg 157 ≈ 83% of HRmax (~190). Splits: 6'06" → 6'11" → 5'30" + 0.24 km — even base, real pop on the last km.
## Sleep — Night before
**7h 37min** · 00:25→08:21 · REM: 18% · Deep: 30% · HRV: **127** · Resting HR: 50 · Score: 88/100
> Sober late night (00:25 bed — the cost vs the 22:59 record night is the whole 145→127). Architecture fully repaired: REM back to 18%, deep 30% at 95 continuity. First run in a week starting from a clean base, not debt. See [[Sleep/2026-09-09]].
## Comparison
| Metric | Sep 2 (controlled) | Sep 4 (hot overshoot) | Sep 6 (long, taxed) | **Sep 9 (today)** |
|--------|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
| Distance | 3.01 km | 5.04 km | 6.07 km | **3.24 km** |
| Duration | 19:32 | 36:31 | 41:59 | **19:21** |
| Avg pace | 6'29" | 7'15" | 6'55" | **5'58"** |
| Avg HR | 148 bpm | 159 bpm | 157 bpm | **157 bpm** |
| Max HR | 163 bpm | 176 bpm | 179 bpm | **180 bpm** |
| Cadence | 166 spm | 156 spm | 161 spm | **168 spm** |
| VO₂Max | 46 | 46 | 46 | **46** |
| Sleep HRV | 145ms | 111ms | 74ms | **127ms** |
**Verdict:** The floor held and the dial drifted — both true, and today the drift is easier to live with than it was on Sunday. **The loop is the headline.** Yesterday's message was "didn't go"; today he went. Tuesday was never a scheduled run day (Wed/Fri/Sun is the contract), but it clearly mattered to him — and the never-miss-twice mechanic worked exactly as designed: miss the self-set Tuesday, bank the scheduled Wednesday. Week 2 is on the board: run 1 of 3, 3.24 km vs the 3.5 opener (0.26 short — not worth chasing; a route/loop thing, not a quit).
**The dial:** 5'58" at 157 bpm is the sharpest average pace of the block and it wasn't an accident — the splits show a controlled build and a 5'30" last km with a genuine finish (HR recovery start 171, max 180). Compare the controlled benchmark five days before Sunday: Sep 2 ran 6'29" at 148 bpm when he meant easy. So the heat today is pace *choice* on fresh legs, not physiology — and that's the honest read, because unlike Sep 6 (HRV 74, infection signature) the base under this run was clean (HRV 127, score 88, resting 50). 11 anaerobic minutes in a 19-minute "easy" run is the same signature as Sep 6's 22-in-42 — scaled down, same finger. What's worth noting: his easy band has always been ~148158, and 157 sits at its top edge; the plan's textbook 135150 target has never been his reality. Friday (4 km, 48h before the 7 km Sunday) is the next negotiation: "Friday stays short and boring" — if any run this block is going to be genuinely easy, it's that one.
**The other context:** this is the first run inside the smoking-craving peak window (Sep 913, per the plan). Runs are the craving tool. He used the tool. Day 3 smoke-free engine also gets its first real data point here — 5'58" at 157 with a 5'30" finish suggests the engine wasn't the constraint today. Worth watching whether Friday's HR at ~6'006'30 pace starts drifting down as the smoke clears the system; that's the earliest honest signal, not the pace.
**Physical notes:** none reported — no achilles tightness, no foot numbness at this distance. The 3-4 km shoe-limit range was touched but nothing surfaced; logged as clean.
## Connected
- [[Sleep/2026-09-09]]
- [[Runs/2026-09-06]] (previous run — the taxed 6.07 long run)
- [[Runs/2026-09-02]] (the controlled benchmark this week should rhyme with)
- [[Half-marathon-plan]]