You guys are doing amazing things. Great running here. I couldn't get my long run in on Saturday, so I had to try and squeeze it in on Sunday afternoon. This meant I'd be running shortly after eating at our local Mexican restaurant, which was a bad plan to begin with. Nothing like digesting spicy food to push the HR higher, and it did. I knew the pace would be slower because it was my long run, but my HR was erratic from the beginning. The spikes came in the later parts of my run when a dog decided to run with me (for 4 miles!). Of course, she decided to run in the MIDDLE OF THE ROAD and so I spent a lot of my run calling to her, grabbing her, doing whatever I could to get her away from traffic. There were a handful of times she almost went to doggie heaven. My HR is rising just typing this. When she was on the side of the road, she was all under my feet. It made for one unpleasant run, but at least I got it in.