New Toy!!
Okay, so on Saturday I ran somewhere around 6 miles. The full marathon training was 6 miles and the half was four miles. Since I'm thinking of doing Disney the first weekend in January and the Houston the second week of January, I've been thinking maybe I should train closer to what the full marathon people are training. So I ran with them.
I did a little bit like I did last Saturday - running and walking with different people - but not as much. Mostly I ran at my pace. When the whole group is there - there are definitely people faster - though a few who are right around my pace - either a little ahead or behind, but no one right at my pace. Which is okay with me, though I like to be able to offer support as a mentor.
Anyway, I did run a fair bit with my youngest mentee - his name is Casey and he's 16. I know I sure didn't have crazy ideas like running a marathon when I was 16! Anyway, he's doing pretty well so far, though was definitely tired by the end and had slowed down a lot. We finished out the run together though.
I did walk a bit on Saturday, but overall, it was a good run.
But this had nothing to do with my new toy.
On Monday, Brant and I went to REI, and with the help of some duplicate items and a gift card - we got me a Garmin Forerunner 301. Now, I know the 305 is out now, but it's $150 more! And this one is fun enough. Monday I didn't run - but I did read my instruction manual. :)
On Tuesday, I held track practice for those of us on this side of town - and had one participant show up. So we went for our 20 minute run after a quick warm up and stretching. Since it was just the two of us, I ran with her. It was a slow, comfortable jog. I took my new toy with me, but I couldn't get it to find the satellites! So I just used it for time and heart rate.
We ran for 20 minutes and I had an average heart rate of 129 beats per minute.
So tonight I went out and tried again. It still couldn't find the satellites! So I was pretty bummed. But then I turned it off and tried again - this time answering one of the questions differently. First it says it's having trouble and asks if I'm indoors. Then it asks if I've moved hundreds of miles since the last time I used it, and then it asks if today is really September 6. So this time I answered that second question differently. I had been saying no - but then I realized - it probably had moved that far since they turned it on to check it at the factory!
And it found the satellites. No problem at all. However, I think it had a bit of trouble with the trail. I'm pretty darn positive that I only ran a little over 2 miles. I'll agree that I ran for 21:16, but I seriously disagree with it saying that I ran 2.59 miles!! There is just no way.
It's still kind of cool though. I had an average heartrate of 165 and a max of 192. (It will apparently learn my heartrate so that it knows what my max rate is and what my range is for the various zones - but to do that you have to get your heart rate way up - so I sprinted at the end.) It says that I burned 202 calories.
It also says that my first mile took me 7:44, which is just laughable, because I wasn't going very hard at the beginning at all. It says I burned 75 calories in that mile and had a heart rate of 151 bpm. It says my best pace was 8:59/mile. (Does that even make sense?? If that was my best pace - how did I ever do a mile in *less* time than that??)
My second mile got my total time up to 14:53 - so another 7 minutes, basically. Again, laughable. 63 calories this time, 173 bpm and a best pace of 8:27/mile.
The third little bit (which it claims was .59 miles) got my total time to 21:16 and burned me another 64 calories. I was at 175 bpm with a best pace of 6:21/mile and an average pace of 10:45. Or maybe that's when it predicted I'd complete the mile? Not really sure - still learning this thing!!
Anyway, I'm still really happy with it, and am hoping that it will get a bit better about the whole distance thing. Maybe on stretches where it's not quite so tree-lined it will do a better job.
In any case - I'm really excited to have the heart rate monitor part, so that I can be more specific in my training. So, I'm very excited about my new toy. I'll try not to get too number happy!
I did a little bit like I did last Saturday - running and walking with different people - but not as much. Mostly I ran at my pace. When the whole group is there - there are definitely people faster - though a few who are right around my pace - either a little ahead or behind, but no one right at my pace. Which is okay with me, though I like to be able to offer support as a mentor.
Anyway, I did run a fair bit with my youngest mentee - his name is Casey and he's 16. I know I sure didn't have crazy ideas like running a marathon when I was 16! Anyway, he's doing pretty well so far, though was definitely tired by the end and had slowed down a lot. We finished out the run together though.
I did walk a bit on Saturday, but overall, it was a good run.
But this had nothing to do with my new toy.
On Monday, Brant and I went to REI, and with the help of some duplicate items and a gift card - we got me a Garmin Forerunner 301. Now, I know the 305 is out now, but it's $150 more! And this one is fun enough. Monday I didn't run - but I did read my instruction manual. :)
On Tuesday, I held track practice for those of us on this side of town - and had one participant show up. So we went for our 20 minute run after a quick warm up and stretching. Since it was just the two of us, I ran with her. It was a slow, comfortable jog. I took my new toy with me, but I couldn't get it to find the satellites! So I just used it for time and heart rate.
We ran for 20 minutes and I had an average heart rate of 129 beats per minute.
So tonight I went out and tried again. It still couldn't find the satellites! So I was pretty bummed. But then I turned it off and tried again - this time answering one of the questions differently. First it says it's having trouble and asks if I'm indoors. Then it asks if I've moved hundreds of miles since the last time I used it, and then it asks if today is really September 6. So this time I answered that second question differently. I had been saying no - but then I realized - it probably had moved that far since they turned it on to check it at the factory!
And it found the satellites. No problem at all. However, I think it had a bit of trouble with the trail. I'm pretty darn positive that I only ran a little over 2 miles. I'll agree that I ran for 21:16, but I seriously disagree with it saying that I ran 2.59 miles!! There is just no way.
It's still kind of cool though. I had an average heartrate of 165 and a max of 192. (It will apparently learn my heartrate so that it knows what my max rate is and what my range is for the various zones - but to do that you have to get your heart rate way up - so I sprinted at the end.) It says that I burned 202 calories.
It also says that my first mile took me 7:44, which is just laughable, because I wasn't going very hard at the beginning at all. It says I burned 75 calories in that mile and had a heart rate of 151 bpm. It says my best pace was 8:59/mile. (Does that even make sense?? If that was my best pace - how did I ever do a mile in *less* time than that??)
My second mile got my total time up to 14:53 - so another 7 minutes, basically. Again, laughable. 63 calories this time, 173 bpm and a best pace of 8:27/mile.
The third little bit (which it claims was .59 miles) got my total time to 21:16 and burned me another 64 calories. I was at 175 bpm with a best pace of 6:21/mile and an average pace of 10:45. Or maybe that's when it predicted I'd complete the mile? Not really sure - still learning this thing!!
Anyway, I'm still really happy with it, and am hoping that it will get a bit better about the whole distance thing. Maybe on stretches where it's not quite so tree-lined it will do a better job.
In any case - I'm really excited to have the heart rate monitor part, so that I can be more specific in my training. So, I'm very excited about my new toy. I'll try not to get too number happy!
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