Eight miles in Florida
You know something? The Garmin Forerunner is a pretty incredible gadget. Its especially useful when you’re running in an unfamiliar place. Unfortunately, its pretty useless when you forget to press “Start” at the beginning of your run. Luckily, I did the same basic route that I did yesterday, with the middle section repeated a few times. At least that way I knew how far I was going.
So I did about eight miles in about 1:15, nice and easy. That did include a couple of stretch breaks and a PowerAde stop. Not too bad, really, especially considering the humidity (which I’ve been told gets a lot worse).
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May 29th 2004
11:17 AM
Richard, when I was doing some summer work-up training in Borden, ON some years back it was, by my standards, an incredibly humid location. I was there for 3 months. I felt like a sluggish ball of mucus! However, when I returned back home I was very noticeably faster and stronger by far. Because my breathing was so good my stride was better, my endurance was leaps ahead of where I had been and I seemed to stay hydrated easier. ~tilts head curiously~ It was incredible! The training program wasn’t that much more upbeat than I was already used to either. Not sure what the connection was because ON is a much lower altitude than AB so I would have guessed the opposite to be true. Maybe the humidity will be a bit of a boost for you too! Here’s hoping. ;)
May 29th 2004
12:41 PM
Richard, just remember to bring your A game when you come back. It sounds like Tuesday is probably going to be hilly. It was pretty humid here today too. I struggled to get through my seven miles, and it was especially tiring because I was working on my form and using a bunch of muscles that I hadn’t used much before. And then Gilbert showed up at the stretching thing saying how he was a little tired since he had done two laps this morning. I guess I never really thought of the whole hike and bike trail to be a “lap” before!
May 29th 2004
8:07 PM
Its like altitude training, only wetter. :)
You guys are making me wish I had a Forerunner. Maybe I can find the money somewhere.
Jun 1st 2004
9:05 AM
Okay, so I don’t have a forerunner, but I HATE it when I forget to start my heart rate monitor when I begin exercising….. or when I’ve ridden 10 miles on my bike, and I look down and realize I forgot to reset my cyclometer. It makes me so mad! They need to make those things so they’re like, telepathic or something. Anyway, good job on your 8 miles. It sounds like you’re having a great time on vacation!
Jun 1st 2004
2:24 PM
Thanks for the advice Alex, even if I didn’t check my comments in time. I don’t think I brought my A game, but I give myself a solid B so that’s not too bad. For those of you from somewhere other than Austin, a “lap” of the trail is 10.1 miles. Two of them would be quite the morning warmup.