I haven't been able to run much lately, so I set a 30 minute goal at a 11:30minute/mile pace. I figured that was a nice attainable pace for me at this time. Starting off, I was still warming up, so VP zoomed ahead of me. I was behind him for the first 25 minutes, then caught up and overtook him, ending at an average 11:18 min/mi pace. Those points in the run when I started to feel sluggish, a look at how far behind VP I was, helped me regain my concentration and pick up the pace a bit. It really worked!
Sometimes, I would see how far ahead VP was and focus my attention on a spot about that far out. I think it was a lot easier for me to use that as a motivator than average pace or some other metric. I will certainly give those a try in upcoming workouts, though. I don't think VP is available for my intervals that I download as "advanced workouts" but I'll have to see. Sometimes I did get a little miffed that VP got to run a flat course and I had to deal with the hills!
Today's run was a nice 62F, only a very mild breeze, the sun was rising, but there were clouds to keep it from getting too warm. It was rather humid, but that's to be expected. In the 30 minutes, I went 2.65 miles.
Yesterday, for the fun of it, I wore the Garmin while mowing the back lawn. It was funny to see all the lines back and forth.
So far, I'm liking SportTracks the best as far as software is concerned. I'm not all the interested in uploading to the internet, although there are plugins for that.
Mowing my back and side yards
2 comments:
I've had my 305 for 6 months now, and have never used the VP. You have inspired me to do so!
You can imagine it is someone you know! I don't know how often I'll use it, but I was just surprised how much I did like it. Funny.
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