Bananas Splits!
Distance: 10 miles
Time: 1:28:32
Av mins/mile: 8:53
Shoes: Old 2100s
My first run with the Garmin. It did take a while to pick out the satellites. I'm writing this from work, so I'll add all the whizzy techie graphs and map stuff later!
The run started out feeling tough, and I really felt my breathing was heavy. Possibly the results of the anti-biotics and the ear infection. I looked at the Garmin to check my pace and it said around 9:30 - which was odd - as although I felt slow, I thought I was better than that! This seemed to be a bit of a recurring theme - even on the big downhill the fastest pace I noticed was 8:02 moin/mile, and the graph when I got home showed me hitting close to seven minute miles. Odd!
In many ways this is disappointing - getting an accurate pace was one of the reasons for buying the Garmin. Maybe there's some options I can play with to improve it.
The run was toguh from fairly early on. The knee twinged at first, and the left quad started to "concrete" fairly early on. I don't think that nearly two miles of steady climbing at the start helped! Having said that, it did mean I had a good chunk of downhill to come :oD
The last few miles were particularly tough, and I realised that my supposed ten mile route was going to be about half a mile short. In the end it turned out to be 0.6 miles short. The last mile of that I was really sore in the quads, and really glad to finish, especially as I had to do a lap and a bit extra round the local block!
Then the fun started - getting the graphs and stuff out of the Garmin! Uploading proved really easy, and the graph was interesting viewing. Sadly, although the graph clearly contained the relevant info, it wasn't possible to get mile splits (I needed to set the automatic lap recorder for every mile). I'd forgotten to stick my Heart Rate Monitor on as well.
The map was a bit crude on the software provided, so I went to SportsTrack and downloaded that - which gave a Gmap pedometer style map - much better! However - the piece de resistance was motion Based - which plotted the route on Google Earth. It was way cool watching it zoom in from outer space to my route (made it look very ickle!!). I zoomed in further, and followed my route. There were a few minor wobbles, and apparently I went through a couple of front gardens, but on the whole it was extremely accurate. It even detected when I (with the watch stopped) went behind a bus shelter for a pee!!
Legs are really sore the next day - off to the chiro this evening to try to sort out why. That's my second ten miler, and both have left me pretty sore. the last one took about five days to recover from - let's hope this one isn't as bad. I want to run a six either tomorrow or Wednesday, and try the other pair of 2100s (new). I have a left achilles niggle as well as the quad/ITB aches, and I'm wondering if the shoes are a bit pooped! I also have to decide whether to spend the £80 Sweatshop voucher I got with the 305 on Kayanos or on 2110s :oD
Time: 1:28:32
Av mins/mile: 8:53
Shoes: Old 2100s
My first run with the Garmin. It did take a while to pick out the satellites. I'm writing this from work, so I'll add all the whizzy techie graphs and map stuff later!
The run started out feeling tough, and I really felt my breathing was heavy. Possibly the results of the anti-biotics and the ear infection. I looked at the Garmin to check my pace and it said around 9:30 - which was odd - as although I felt slow, I thought I was better than that! This seemed to be a bit of a recurring theme - even on the big downhill the fastest pace I noticed was 8:02 moin/mile, and the graph when I got home showed me hitting close to seven minute miles. Odd!
In many ways this is disappointing - getting an accurate pace was one of the reasons for buying the Garmin. Maybe there's some options I can play with to improve it.
The run was toguh from fairly early on. The knee twinged at first, and the left quad started to "concrete" fairly early on. I don't think that nearly two miles of steady climbing at the start helped! Having said that, it did mean I had a good chunk of downhill to come :oD
The last few miles were particularly tough, and I realised that my supposed ten mile route was going to be about half a mile short. In the end it turned out to be 0.6 miles short. The last mile of that I was really sore in the quads, and really glad to finish, especially as I had to do a lap and a bit extra round the local block!
Then the fun started - getting the graphs and stuff out of the Garmin! Uploading proved really easy, and the graph was interesting viewing. Sadly, although the graph clearly contained the relevant info, it wasn't possible to get mile splits (I needed to set the automatic lap recorder for every mile). I'd forgotten to stick my Heart Rate Monitor on as well.
The map was a bit crude on the software provided, so I went to SportsTrack and downloaded that - which gave a Gmap pedometer style map - much better! However - the piece de resistance was motion Based - which plotted the route on Google Earth. It was way cool watching it zoom in from outer space to my route (made it look very ickle!!). I zoomed in further, and followed my route. There were a few minor wobbles, and apparently I went through a couple of front gardens, but on the whole it was extremely accurate. It even detected when I (with the watch stopped) went behind a bus shelter for a pee!!
Legs are really sore the next day - off to the chiro this evening to try to sort out why. That's my second ten miler, and both have left me pretty sore. the last one took about five days to recover from - let's hope this one isn't as bad. I want to run a six either tomorrow or Wednesday, and try the other pair of 2100s (new). I have a left achilles niggle as well as the quad/ITB aches, and I'm wondering if the shoes are a bit pooped! I also have to decide whether to spend the £80 Sweatshop voucher I got with the 305 on Kayanos or on 2110s :oD
posted by XFR Bear @ 9:48 am
7 Comments:
you may have a smoothing option, my old timex does
well done though, good to see you running at last!!
There is a smoothing option, but then the Garmin doesn't respond to quickly to changes in pace. Yo find that it takes a while to settle down, Bear, and the 'snapshot' glance at the pace thingy can often be a bit misleading, but it averages out quite nicely.
Increase the smoothing option a bit, and just dont look at it too soon after a change of pace, a traffic light (or wee behing a bus stop) stop, and It'll be a little less 'jumpy'!!!!
Still waiting for whizzy graphs and stuff!!!!
Youstill on for FLM?
Where's the graphs, then?
[taps paw impatiently]
Did Leon tell you to say that??
FLM is still on - tentatively.
Realistically, even if things go well, I can't see me getting up beyond a 16 miler by the time the taper starts, and quite possibly not even that far.
That means that FLM is goign to be a hard slog!
Two options - I've got three FLM medals so I could just say "why put myself through it?"
But then again - the atmosphere is feckin' fab, and DOMS only lasts a few days eh? Pain is temporary and all that :o)
Tried to upload some graphs before wuk - but blogger was being funny.
I'll try again tonight
I want Graphs!
Bear you know you want to do FLM ... walk/run it and enjoy the fun!
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