2019 3:20, And Beyond (Read 444 times)

Brew - I'm pretty sure my watch uses the same sensor your FR235 does, and it does have some problems when it's cold (lack of blood flow near the skin surface) - that's pretty common for all wrist HR these days, though. I'm interested to see what Garmin et. al come out with soon regarding HR sensor updates for watches. I know there are a few watch lines due for a refresh.

Lauren - Congrats on the 80 mile week! Big weeks and several 20+ milers should really help the endurance. And I say go for it on the 10k!

Arm warmers - When I first heard/saw these I thought they were the dumbest things possible, but that changed once I really took notice that it's my arms that get cold sooner than my core. Now it's vests that I think aren't a great idea.

I forgot to mention that my SIL is taking her citizenship test today (she's Canadian). Hopefully this goes well, she's been working toward getting to this point for many years now.

In all seriousness ...By using arm warmers, which are often thicker than LS shirts, I get the best of both worlds. I can keep my forearms warm, my core cool, and I can get rid of the sleeves if I get too hot. Anybody who makes fun of them (see LRC) is an idiot.

I agree with this and it's actually what I discovered last night (I'm an idiot, not that arm warmers are thicker than LS shirts). I also realized they're probably a perfect option for my marathon starting (potentially) cold and ending 20+ degrees warmer. They'll probably come in handy for some fall training when I don't want to wear my cold gear top, or a wind breaker, or it is somewhere in between. They ended up being more comfortable than I expected. Plus they are cheap enough I won't mind tossing them if I can't stand how they feel rolled down at my wrist all bunched up. I don't buy coffee anywhere but 3 rockstars are about the same price as 1 pair of arm sleeves and I love me some rockstars. I even told RB about them and said they're cheaper than a week of coffee so he could toss them if he wanted to.

keen what is your problem with vests? Is it acceptable to wear a vest with a long sleeve?

Brew - No real hatred towards vests. But if it's cold enough that I need something to cover my core then I'm also going to need something over my arms. Thus jackets>vests. I am a fan of arm warmers. And those old woolen tube-socks I used as arm warmers for the start of the Route 66 marathon a couple years ago. Those made good throw-away arm warmers.

SIL passed the test without missing a question! Hooray!

You'll run even better in another race.  What distance did your GPS report?

You'll run even better in another race.  What distance did your GPS report?

10.04.

Here's my Garmin report.  I took manual splits, so you can see the short and long mile markers, plus the average pace of both.  I missed the first mile marker, so spit 3 is the infamous mile 4 (short) and split 7 was mile 8, which I thought was long to balance out.

I am meticulous about running tangents unless there's a reason not to.  And I also don't think Garmins are accurate enough to measure tangents.

I was travelling for work this week (2 + 8 hour flights with a long connection in London twice in a week is a dangerous travel in my last week before taper for the Belfast marathon, especially as I was trying to get my miles in!).

So I did my long run last week on Saturday, traveled on Sunday and managed about 30 miles in north Carolina (which is not bad considering the time difference and how busy I am there...). On Wednesday I was invited by a friend to run a 10K race with him this Saturday, and I accepted. The race was in the country side, not flat and not on tarmac, with strong wind for most of the race. I managed a surprising (since I didn't taper a part from a travel day - not run but travel back from north Carolina - the day before) 41' (my PB is just above 40'). I guess something to do with the time adjustment and the tiredness from the travel, but my Heart beat did not go above 148 with a very low average of 128 for the whole 10K! (consider that in my PB I was above 170 all the time). i will try to find a nice flat 10 K in the summer to test this...

Today I ran my last long before the marathon: 24 Miles with a nice couple of progressions to race pace. One early (easily kept 8' / mile for a couple of miles) and one between mile 21 and mile 23 averaging 7'45 per mile. Total for the week 60 miles, with a 30 days mileage at 280 (never been here before...).

I was very happy about the long run after the race and I feel stronger than usual in this time of the year, but I am still thinking to follow the suggestions I got here and go with the 3h30' pacer at least for the first half - 20 miles and then see how I feel. Next time I can try something more "advanced". I'll see what happens in the next weeks, but I am reluctant to risk the 3h15' pace as Target A.

Hope you all have a good weekend!

Marco

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