Sorry yeah. Nothing fancy. Just a mid range Garmin. Vivoactive 3 I think?
davidalso
joined 1 year ago
When I got my first wrist monitor I wore both for a few days and didn't see a significant difference. Unless you're running professionally it should be good enough accuracy. And boy do I never miss the chest strap.
The racing season is over for me and now I'll spend the rest of the year building up miles as I try to hit my goal distance for the 2023. I'm trying not to lose any of the gains from this year by maintaining two speed workouts per week while also increasing mileage. The objective is to avoid injury by doing shorter speed working and slowing way down on the easy miles.
What did you get?
This is why I avoid other sports. Or hobbies. Or relationships. Or proper meals. Can't get distracted!
I'm so square I didn't even know that 196 went back to Reddit.
Thank you.
Months after joining I still cannot decipher the rule thing. Can you please tell me?
Yesterday I ran a local 10 mile race that I have been participating in every fall since 2018 (except 2020). 5 years ago I was running at about 90 minutes, but I've been getting quicker every year. This time I managed to beat 70 minutes with a 6:58/mile pace. I had hoped to keep every mile under 7:00, but I couldn't do it. No complaints, though. At my age (upper forties), I'm thrilled to be able to get out and continue to improve at all. Having now finished my last considerable race of the season, now is the time of year where I try to review, slow down, add some easy miles, and let my body heal from a ton of spring and summer training.
I'll finish the week at 48km tomorrow. And I'm tapering!
It depends on how bad it is. If it's like an ice rink I don't go out. I hate treadmills, but i hate falling more. If it's isolated patches of ice then I have a pair of Yaktrax There are other strap-on cleats out there that might be better. I might try out the Uline Gription this year. They look pretty tough. For slush I have a pair of trail shoes with rubber cleats that do the trick.
This routine was tough when I started it a few years ago. But eventually you get acclimated and it's easy peasy. But you build up to it I imagine that things will become daunting again when I ramp up to new distances, but for now I've been doing this for so long it's just part of my life. I even look forward to long runs. And on days when I don't feel like running, which is rare, it's never a struggle to just go out anyway.
It's a good sign if you're enjoying it already. I love how I can take it everywhere I go. I used to only do gym work, but being outside and discovering new terrain is just so much better.
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I had an older model watch that required a chest strap before that. I think it was my old Pebble. The way I tested was I wore the two watches at the same time and pulled the chest strap data from the older watch and compared it to the wrist monitor data from the new one. I couldn't see any meaningful difference over about a week of running, so I happily gave up the chest strap.