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Jesse, Thanks. Seems logical. I'm not hung up on "racing" the mini and I'm more interested in races later in the year. With that being said, I looked at my current training regime and I may be in luck. In an effort to return slowly and not push too hard and get injured, many of my current runs have a HR near my MAF (between 5 and 10 BPM above). I believe I can reduce my HR load without feeling like I am coming to a complete crawl and still stay at the proper HR levels to remain aerobic. Looks like I will give it a shot and will simply have to remind myself to stay below my MAF for my runs for the next 12 weeks. Appreciate your candor on this one. BTW - I'm also an aero but work another technical, but unrelated, area - energy. That gave you some quick street cred with me. I will lurk and post here to see if I can keep learning.